Lyft’s Driver Peace Pact May Fail If Judge Heeds Teamsters
- Union says settlement fails to remedy `illegal' business model
- Company says 97% of drivers prefer to be their own bosses
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Lyft Inc. is offering about 100,000 drivers in California an average of $56.14 each and some non-monetary perks to drop claims that the ride-sharing company systematically exploits them.
The Teamsters union says the settlement forfeits the main goal of the drivers’ lawsuit -- to force Lyft to treat them as full-fledged employees rather than contractors.