California gig drivers gear up for union rights in 2026

Sangar Kahn sits on the edge of his trunk in a rideshare staging lot at San Francisco International Airport. He drives for Uber and Lyft and waits here, like hundreds of other drivers, to get a ride through the airport’s virtual queue for gig-drivers.

Khan lives in Modesto, but said he drives for Uber and Lyft multiple days a week in the Bay Area where he said he can make more money.

“I live three nights in my car in San Francisco and [I’m] online like daily, 18 hour or 19 hours,” Khan said…

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