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Union deal with NY Uber drivers doesn’t impress everyone

May 23, 2016

NBC News reports not everyone in the US labor movement is cheering the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ agreement reached earlier this month to represent New York Uber drivers. The deal falls short of actual union representation, and it has revealed sharp divisions among labor advocates about how to address a central reality of the so-called gig economy: The classification of workers as independent contractors rather than employees.