California lawmakers struck a deal with Uber and Lyft that will allow app-based drivers to form unions and could make ride-hail fares more affordable.

The agreement is a win for gig workers who have long been classified as independent contractors, and thus, ineligible for certain protections that employees receive, like the right to collective bargaining.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, alongside Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, announced Friday support for two pieces of legislation that form a pathway for app-based drivers to unionize. Assembly bill 1340, is sponsored by SEIU California, and Senate Bill 371 is sponsored by Uber and Lyft.

Newsom called it an “historic agreement between workers and business that only California could deliver.” He said labor rep

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