With the City Council in recess until next Monday things are pretty quiet, but the big December issues (Uber/Lyft drivers union, gun violence tax, upcoming changeover in Council makeup) are still generating coverage.
Continue readingCategory: labor
News roundup: guns and change
The city’s new tax on guns and ammunition, and the legal challenge to it, leads the news this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: still Uber, with a little pot
Uber’s travails still dominate the news this morning.
Continue readingHarrell to be President, new committee assignments
The Stranger is reporting that Bruce Harrell is set to become the new Council President, and his office has issued committee assignments for 2016-2017.
Continue readingNews roundup: lidding I-5, plus Uber
Yesterday’s Council discussion of lidding I-5 downtown got coverage this morning. Also, the Uber driver unionization story still has legs.
Continue readingNews roundup: Uber driver union, of course
The Uber union news still dominates the papers this morning, though a few other nuggets slipped through.
Continue readingNews roundup: Uber and more
The City Council’s vote yesterday to allow Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize continues to garner national coverage. Plus a few other things from yesterday’s marathon Council meeting…
Continue readingCouncil updates labor laws and business licenses
In non-Uber-related labor news today, the City Council updated the city’s labor laws.
Continue readingCouncil approves Unionizing Uber drivers
This afternoon the City Council considered an ordinance to allow Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize. The public comment session was interesting, with comments all over the map. There were drivers speaking out in favor of it, as well as union representatives and politicians such as Jon Grant and a couple of transit riders. There were also a fair number of people speaking out against it, claiming that they only found out about it last Friday (even though the bill went through committee back in September) and asking for more time to review it. Those speaking out against it included …
Continue readingNews roundup: Uber union vote (everyone’s watching).
There is only one topic on people’s minds today: the City Council’s vote this afternoon on whether to allow Uber and Lyft drivers to form a union.
Continue reading