Labour group urges provinces to consider ride hailing drivers as employees
Mornings with Simi
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We’re talking a lot about ride hailing today - and that meeting of Vancouver City Council is still ongoing. We’ll let you know shortly if they back the recommendations for congestion charges and the requirement for a business licence for ride hailing drivers that we’ve been telling you about.
In the meantime, the BC Federation of Labour is calling on the province to consider ride hailing drivers as employees. And they want the Passenger Transportation Board to make sure that those drivers’ employment rights are protected.
Guest: Laird Cronk
President, BC Federation of Labour
We’re talking a lot about ride hailing today - and that meeting of Vancouver City Council is still ongoing. We’ll let you know shortly if they back the recommendations for congestion charges and the requirement for a business licence for ride hailing drivers that we’ve been telling you about.
In the meantime, the BC Federation of Labour is calling on the province to consider ride hailing drivers as employees. And they want the Passenger Transportation Board to make sure that those drivers’ employment rights are protected.
Guest: Laird Cronk
President, BC Federation of Labour