{"id":204124,"date":"2026-08-17T12:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=204124"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:49:11","slug":"law-signed-by-governor-newsom-paves-the-way-for-worlds-largest-union-of-rideshare-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=204124","title":{"rendered":"Law signed by Governor Newsom Paves the Way for World\u2019s Largest Union of Rideshare Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento, CA…The Golden State just became home to the world\u2019s largest union of gig drivers, thanks to historic legislation championed by Governor Gavin Newsom and the Legislature that provides a pathway to unionization for rideshare workers.<\/p>\n

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California\u2019s landmark labor law, signed into law last year by Governor Gavin Newsom, has empowered California rideshare drivers to reach a major milestone. The California Gig Workers Union has reached the support threshold to represent gig drivers throughout the state, becoming the world\u2019s largest union of rideshare drivers.<\/p>\n

At a time when workers\u2019 rights are under attack and families across the country are struggling with affordability because of the Trump administration, California is showing what it means to stand with working people.<\/p>\n

Today is a new day for rideshare drivers who have spent a decade fighting for a stronger voice on the job.<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom<\/p>\n

The road to union representation
\nRecently, the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), the state agency overseeing gig drivers, verified that the California Gig Workers Union has reached the support threshold to represent gig drivers throughout the state. Following a 30-day waiting period the California Gig Workers Union can be certified as the collective bargaining representative for Lyft and Uber drivers. <\/p>\n

In 2025, Governor Newsom signed AB 1340 (Wicks, Berman), which empowered hundreds of thousands of rideshare drivers in California to have the legally protected choice to unionize and engage in collective bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions. In an era when Trump is abandoning people, California is standing with unions to protect workers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sacramento, CA…The Golden State just became home to the world\u2019s largest union of gig drivers, thanks to historic legislation championed by Governor Gavin Newsom and the Legislature that provides a pathway to unionization for rideshare workers. California\u2019s landmark labor law, signed into law last year by Governor Gavin Newsom, has empowered California rideshare drivers to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Newsom25.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204125,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204124\/revisions\/204125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/187475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}