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Massachusetts imposes ‘sectoral bargaining’ on ride-share workers, who may find themselves governed by agreements they never signed up for.
Massachusetts certified the first American ride-share drivers union in May. The newly minted App Drivers Union is now the bargaining representative for the Bay State’s nearly 70,000 ride-share drivers. This allows the union to engage in “sectoral bargaining,” through which it can negotiate standards across the entire industry, not only at individual companies.
Sectoral bargaining’s foothold in the U.S. has grown in recent years. If it continues to gain ground, it will change union politics for decades to come. Workers would pay the price.
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Jarrett Dieterle is a legal policy fellow at Manhattan Institute, where his work focuses on labor law, administrative law, and urban policy.