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Uber Funding IAM Corporate Union In NYC To Control Workforce
"The guild has already signed up roughly 45,000 Uber drivers since it was launched, says Jim Conigliaro Jr, founder of the guild and the general counsel at the Machinists Union District 15, which is closely affiliated with the Independent Drivers Guild. The guild draws most of its financial support from Uber and it is free for drivers to sign up. It is planning to shift to a voluntary dues system soon, which will offer extra benefits such as life insurance."
Uber and Airbnb business models come under scrutiny"

Uber, Lyft respond to accusations of discrimination on ride-hailing platforms
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/30/uber-lyft-respond-to-accusations-o...
A driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his windshield drops off a passenger in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Union Buster UBER Supporting Anti-Labor BART Board Member Zhakary Mallett-Attacked BART Workers And Wanted Scab Trains Running During Strike-Now Driving At Unregulated UBER
BART director running for re-election moonlights as Uber driver
http://www.sfexaminer.com/bart-director-running-re-election-moonlights-u...

District 7 BART Director Zakhary Mallett (Photo courtesy Zakhary Mallett/Facebook)
By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez on October 31, 2016 1:00 am

Uber and Lyft drivers for the union in NY
https://socialistworker.org/2016/10/13/uber-and-lyft-drivers-for-the-union
Julian Guerrero reports on a union campaign by drivers for ride-sharing companies that is taking on both the bosses and a legal system that denies they are employees.

October 13, 2016

Union and Lyft drivers rally for a union in New York City

NY state deems 2 ex-Uber drivers employees, not contractors

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article107997717.html

​Miami Herald ​O​ct. 13, 2016

NY state deems 2 ex-Uber drivers employees, not contractors

BY ULA ILNYTZKY​ ​Associated Press