Join the fight to win better working conditions for rideshare drivers in Minnesota!
WHO WE ARE
The SEIU 26 Drivers Organizing Committee is a group of Uber & Lyft drivers in Minnesota coming together to build power to win higher wages and better working conditions for rideshare drivers across our state.
We’re organizing with SEIU Local 26, a union of 8,000 majority immigrant and people of color workers in Minnesota who have won groundbreaking wins for working people like airport workers, janitors, security officers and more. SEIU 26 is part of the Service Employees International Union, nearly 2 million members in the U.S. & Canada.
SEIU 26 has been proud to be part of the push over the last two years by supporting efforts to raise standards for rideshare drivers through minimum pay laws at the state and local level.
But we know we have much more work to do
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HISTORY OF FIGHTING FOR RIDESHARE DRIVERS
SEIU 26 has stood by groups pushing for change over the two years and supported efforts to raise standards for rideshare drivers through minimum pay laws at the state and local level, even supporting rideshare drivers in other states fighting for improvements. We have supported policy pushes because we agree with groups pushing them that passing a minimum pay law is an important step in improving conditions for drivers.
WHY UNION?
We believe ALL workers should have the right to organize a union and have a seat at the table through collective bargaining when decisions are being made about our work. We want to change the law in Minnesota to give Uber/Lyft drivers the right to form a union.
It’s possible to change the law so that rideshare drivers can have a union, like other workers, even if drivers remain independent contractors (they would not have to be employees). Other workers like home care workers in Minnesota have fought to change the law so they could have a union and these workers went on to form unions and win higher wages, healthcare and retirement security!
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HOW WOULD A DRIVERS’ UNION WORK?
Having a union means building long-term worker organization and collective bargaining. If we change the law, the next steps would be:
First, workers vote to have a union represent them.
Then union members meet and democratically decide what they want to demand from the company. They elect a Bargaining Committee to negotiate a contract.
All the workers at the company get to vote on a contract; if they and the company agree on improvements in working conditions, it becomes a legally binding agreement.
Contracts include a grievance procedure: If the company treats workers unfairly, union stewards and staff have a path to address complaints.
Unions are funded by their own members: They are accountable to the workers, who elect the union leadership. Union dues do not begin until the first contract is signed, bringing benefits to the workers. A union vehicle that puts drivers directly into negotiations with the corporations that control their working conditions.