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EXPLAINING WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. AND POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ALL RELATED TO THAT PUSH HAPPENING HERE AT THE STATE CAPITOL. IT’S A PUSH TO UNIONIZE RIDESHARE DRIVERS ACROSS THE STATE, AND THE GOVERNOR’S ENDORSEMENT OF THAT PROPOSAL IN THE PAST WEEK. SO WHAT JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY? ASSEMBLY BILL 1340 PASSED A KEY COMMITTEE VOTE, CLEARING THE WAY FOR A STATE SENATE FLOOR VOTE. THIS IS THE PROPOSAL KNOWN AS THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY DRIVERS LABOR RELATIONS ACT, THAT WOULD ALLOW RIDESHARE DRIVERS TO UNIONIZE. NOW, SEIU CALLS THIS THE LARGEST EXPANSION OF PRIVATE SECTOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS IN HISTORY. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS MORNING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT YOU? WHETHER YOU WOULD USE RIDESHARE OR NOT? IS THAT SEIU SAYS HUNDREDS OF GIG DRIVERS WILL BE DRIVING, HONKING, WAVING AND CARAVANNING AROUND THE STATE CAPITOL, BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER 9 A.M. THEY’LL BE COMING ACROSS THE TOWER BRIDGE AND DOWN CAPITOL AVENUE. SO AGAIN, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATE CAPITOL, THE ULTIMATE SPOT WHERE THIS CARAVAN WILL BE FOCUSING, THE TIMING FOR THIS CARAVAN IS THAT SEIU SAYS IT WILL BE LEAVING WEST SACRAMENTO, DRIVING OVER THE TOWER BRIDGE AROUND NINE, EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE BRIDGE RIGHT AROUND 915. AND THEN ULTIMATELY HERE TO THE STATE CAPITOL. SO IF YOU DRIVE IN DOWNTOWN, JUST BE AWARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, IF INDEED HUNDREDS OF DRIVERS ARE HEADED HERE TO THE STATE CAPITOL FOR A RALLY SET TO BEGIN AT 10 A.M. IN SACRAMENTO, MIKE TESELLE, KCRA 3 NEWS AND CRITICS OF THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND A GROUP CALLED RIDESHARE DRIVERS UNITED. AND THAT GROUP ARGUES THAT THIS LEGISLATION THREATENS THE INDEPE
Caravan to the Capitol marks latest push to unionize rideshare drivers
Updated: 8:39 AM PDT Sep 4, 2025
A caravan of drivers, including hundreds of rideshare drivers, is expected to honk, wave, and rally around the state Capitol on Thursday morning as part of a final push for legislation allowing them to unionize, according to SEIU California. The caravan, which is planned to drive from West Sacramento over the Tower Bridge and down Capitol Avenue, is in support of the proposed Assembly Bill 1340, which would allow rideshare drivers the ability to unionize.SEIU estimates 800,000 gig drivers could be impacted.”(This legislation) is the largest expansion of private sector collective bargaining rights in history,” read an SEIU news release announcing the planned caravan.Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his support for the proposal. However, critics of the legislation argue that this proposal would threaten the independence of rideshare drivers and force companies to share drivers’ personal information with outside parties.”AB 1340 is opposed by the vast majority of app-based drivers. This bill is costly, undemocratic and dangerous. AB 1340 would negatively impact the millions of Californians who earn necessary income with app-based rideshare work,” read a note of opposition from Rideshare Drivers United in the legislative analysis of AB 1340. Read the full bill analysis here.This week, AB 1340 passed a vote in the State Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
A caravan of drivers, including hundreds of rideshare drivers, is expected to honk, wave, and rally around the state Capitol on Thursday morning as part of a final push for legislation allowing them to unionize, according to SEIU California.
The caravan, which is planned to drive from West Sacramento over the Tower Bridge and down Capitol Avenue, is in support of the proposed Assembly Bill 1340, which would allow rideshare drivers the ability to unionize.
SEIU estimates 800,000 gig drivers could be impacted.
“(This legislation) is the largest expansion of private sector collective bargaining rights in history,” read an SEIU news release announcing the planned caravan.
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his support for the proposal.
However, critics of the legislation argue that this proposal would threaten the independence of rideshare drivers and force companies to share drivers’ personal information with outside parties.
“AB 1340 is opposed by the vast majority of app-based drivers. This bill is costly, undemocratic and dangerous. AB 1340 would negatively impact the millions of Californians who earn necessary income with app-based rideshare work,” read a note of opposition from Rideshare Drivers United in the legislative analysis of AB 1340.
Read the full bill analysis here.
This week, AB 1340 passed a vote in the State Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
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