California rideshare drivers are organising with SEIU as autonomous vehicles squeeze pay and reshape the industry.
Spectrum News quotes Sacramento driver Gurpreet Pannu saying full-time earnings feel worse than part-time used to, with drivers taking roughly 30–40% while companies keep more. SEIU says more than 30,000 of California’s 300,000-plus rideshare drivers have signed up; formal Uber and Lyft talks have not started. Priorities include deactivation, wage theft, erratic schedules and harassment. Uber called certification a step under AB 1340 preserving flexibility; Lyft pledged good-faith engagement. UC Irvine’s Michael Hyland links Waymo competition to lower prices and expects a long transition to mostly autonomous fleets.