The Union Deal That’s Undermining Gig Workers

In recent months, unions in the United States and Canada have been claiming victory in gig worker organizing. In May 2026, Uber settled its first collective bargaining agreement with drivers in Victoria, British Columbia. Massachusetts has recognized a union representing seventy thousand Uber drivers, constituting what labor leaders describe as “the largest private-sector organizing win” since the United Auto Workers unionized the Ford Motor Company in 1941. This long-standing record has since…