Votes to Uber Driver Union in Victoria
More than 500 Uber drivers in Victoria, BC have received the Sangh certification from the province’s labor relationship board.
Drivers will now bargain for collective rights with Uber, ride-Hyling giants It expanded recently Across the province.
In a statement, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Canada, whose local 1518 drivers will represent, says this is the first time that the gold workers in Canada have certified a union.
A union spokesperson said Uber driver would formally say a formal at his workplace in Canada, and they would soon bring many concerns to a conversation table.
Pablo Godoy, director of UFCW Canada for emerging areas, said, “Big and big, they include things such as health and safety compensation, to find out whether there is a possibility of profit or not, and there are things that become a regular part of a collective bargaining agreement.”
Godoy stated that it was about one year to create the process, and did a lot of work to talk to each other between the drivers and sign the union card.
The spokesman said that looking at Uber’s model Drivers sign up themselves For gigal work, there were some unique wrinkles to be part of a union of riding-hyling drivers.
According to the union, more than 500 Uber drivers have union in Victoria – the first in Canada. Amy Bell of CBC spoke with Pablo Godoy, a director of joint food and commercial workers, to find out what the move meant.
In BC, if a workplace has more than 55 percent of the votes to sign the union card, then they Certified automatically With the BC Labor Relations Board under the single-phase certification process.
Godoy stated that more than 500 drivers signed the union card, and the union estimated that there were around 600 or 700 drivers in Victoria at the time. Finally, the Labor Board was satisfied that the Sangh got from the 55 percent limit.
“The interesting and unique part of this industry is that, due to the hurdle of entry, we know that at any time the drivers can be influenced by the stage,” Godoy said.
“And so we are looking forward, in bargaining, actually understanding the number of new members that UFCW Canada is welcoming his family.”
After coming to Vancouver in 2020, Uber is finally getting a province-wide on Wednesday, going to small regional communities like Nanymo. While some Claire, according to Palmer’s report, are eager to see a new way of being around others, are concerned about the impact on existing cab companies and rideshare services.
The representative of the union stated that the drivers want to see better provisions around health and safety, as well as more transparency around payment, app rating system and account inaction.
Godoy said that the Sangh hoped to start bargaining with Uber next month or in two and the Sangh would be the first collective agreement soon after that.
Gig workers regulations beef
Last August, the province expanded Gig worker regulatingWhich included a minimum wage of $ 20.88 per hour, compensation coverage of workers, and salaries for salary transparency – although the salary is only applied to the time spent on jobs, not spent on time waiting for jobs.
Those days, Uber expresses concern About the possibility of giving minimum wages to the workers, but the provincial officials did not return from regulation.
Remedy came after many High-profile case Due to the involvement of drivers and not being able to eliminate the report from them.
Uber driver Aman Sood captured the moment when his passenger attacked him in which a dashboard camera was climbing in his car.
The rules meant that gig workers would be classified as employees, further workers would have to open the door for safety.
In a Wednesday statement, Uber said that there would be no change in the experience of drivers and passengers in Victoria.
“Recently (BC) with modernization of labor laws … The driver as online platform workers can determine if they want the Sangh representation,” Laura Miller, Uber read in a statement by Laura Miller, director of Canada’s public policy.
“We will sit with UFCW 1518 to discuss issues raised by drivers.”
