One of the reasons why Uber, and maybe some of those drivers, were opposed to the idea of the unionization push was the restriction on voting rights; iirc, only

One of the reasons why Uber, and maybe some of those drivers, were opposed to the idea of the unionization push was the restriction on voting rights; iirc, only drivers with at least 6 months experience (or thereabouts) would have a say in the direction of the union. That takes a lot of power from people who just want to use it as a form of supplementary income now and then, and those people aren't unreasonable for thinking that a union would continue to champion the interests of those 'career drivers' over them, if it got going. I wouldn't call that rent-seeking behavior from the "taxi lobby," but it would disproportionately benefit people who saw their jobs with Uber as full-time taxi drivers.