Rideshare drivers in the Twin Cities joined lawmakers and labor leaders at the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday to announce a push for unionization rights.

Rideshare drivers in Minnesota have broader protections and boosted pay, thanks to a deal at the capitol last year. Now, they’re asking the legislature to green light their right to unionize.

Minnesota lawmakers are once again looking to expand worker protections for rideshare workers, this time with a bill that would allow them to unionize.

Drivers for services like Uber and Lyft are working with state lawmakers to push for legislation that would allow them to vote on forming a union — something can’t currently do because they are

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The Minnesota Legislature passed a sweeping bill in 2024 giving rideshare drivers a pay raise. Now, some of the drivers want to unionize.

An SEIU spokesperson explained that since drivers are technically independent contractors and not employees, this right isn’t already afforded under state and federal law.

Minnesota drivers for Uber and Lyft are pushing to change state law to allow them to form a union, one year after a deal was struck to prevent companies from following through on a threat to leave the state.