Uber drivers go on strike, demanding better pay and benefits 01:48. The National Labor Relations Board released a memo saying Uber drivers are independent contractors, not employees.

Uber has agreed to support statewide legislation that would give drivers union rights but keep them classified as independent contractors, a union alliance said.

App-based driver advocacy groups say they anticipated the National Labor Relations Board decision announced on Tuesday. The NLRB declared Uber drivers are independent contractors, not employees.

Aggrieved drivers say Uber, Lyft and other gig companies haven't kept the promises they made to voters when they campaigned for Prop 22.

The National Labor Relations Board issued a new ruling Tuesday that makes it easier for Uber and Lyft drivers, construction workers, home health aides, and strippers to organize and join unions.

For example, in 2019, the Trump-appointed general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board concluded that Uber drivers should not be treated as employees for the purposes of collective ...

Uber on Thursday said it rejected a ruling from a Brazilian labor court ordering the ride-hailing firm to pay 1 billion reais ($205 million) in fines for irregular working relations with the ...

An Uber driver at La Guardia Airport in New York. The National Labor Relations Board has concluded that drivers for Uber and other ride-hailing companies are contractors, not employees.

The National Labor Relations Board said Tuesday that it isn’t aware of any California rideshare drivers or couriers filing a specific complaint against Uber, Lyft or any other major gig app company.

The National Labor Relations Board said Tuesday that it isn’t aware of any California rideshare drivers or couriers filing a specific complaint against Uber, Lyft or any other major gig app company.

It's been more than a year since San Francisco Uber driver Lucas Chamberlain was knocked unconscious by a would-be customer who attacked him during an argument over whether or not the patron was ...