October 10, 2026Today, California announced a $272.5 million settlement with Lyft over years of wage theft and denial of basic labor rights to California drivers. This is the largest wage-and-hour settlement in California history.$272.5 million is the largest wage settlement for a single employer...

A message to RDU members - August 2026This week, the state confirmed that SEIU/CGWU has enough driver support to move toward becoming the certified bargaining representative (union) for California rideshare drivers under AB 1340. To read our full public statement, click here.Here’s what that mean...

The California Public Employment Relations Board has determined that the signatures filed by the California Gig Workers Union/SEIU demonstrate support from at least 30 percent of active rideshare drivers. Under AB 1340, this begins a 30-day waiting period before CGWU is certified as the bargainin...

California Legislation Gives Platform Drivers the Right to Unionize and Collectively BargainOn October 3rd, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1340 into law, granting California app drivers a path to unionize and bargain contracts with Lyft and Uber. Drivers around the state are asking if this will ...

By Nicole Moore Lyft Driver Drivers have been saying for years what our number one problem is - pay. We drive hundreds of miles a day, providing service to our customers across our cities, but year after year we see less and less in return for the hard work we put in. Why? In a new video from Mor...

By Tyler Sandness RDU Staff, Former Lyft Driver For every driver on the road, there is a constant feeling in the back of our minds, “Is today the day that I could be deactivated? Will today be the day I get a customer who doesn’t like me, who will leave a bad review and suddenly leave me out of a...

UPDATE As of , the Lyft and Uber are in settlement negotiations with the state of California's Attorney General's office, the Labor Commissioner, and the City Attorneys for Los Angeles, San Francisco, & San Diego, trying to determined if there is a way to avoid going to trial. Drivers demand ...

Statement Regarding California Supreme Court Decision Upholding Prop 22 - July 25, 2024 Today, the Supreme Court of California decided that Prop 22 was not in violation of our state constitution, allowing Big Tech to continue exploiting drivers under a law they wrote and paid for, that replaced...