Uber Drivers Don’t Need NLRB, Ride-Hail Driver Groups Say

Uber and Lyft drivers’ organizing efforts won’t be hurt by the recent determination that Uber drivers aren’t employees under federal labor law, according to several regional ride-hail driver organizations. Campaigns to improve driver pay and working conditions will continue regardless, they said.

It’s not a surprise that the National Labor Relations Board under the Trump administration would say that drivers for Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc., and other ride-hail app companies are not covered by the National Labor Relations Act, the driver coalitions said. The groups developed strategies based on being classified as independent contractors that fall outside ...