Uber wants to redefine employment. More than 50 labor groups are fighting back
A coalition of about 50 labor groups is asking congressional leaders to reject Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi's proposal for a new legal category that would allow the company to keep treating its workers as independent contractors while affording them partial employee benefits.
In a letter sent Wednesday, the organizations - which include the National Employment Law Project, AFL-CIO, Legal Aid Society, Rideshare Drivers United and Gig Workers Rising - argue these workers have been misclassified as contractors and the resulting lack of benefits has left them "uniquely vulnerable"
