> This is important. We’re at risk of the “gig economy” undoing over a century of hard fought gains in workers rights. Not in this case. In New York, taxi driv

> This is important. We’re at risk of the “gig economy” undoing over a century of hard fought gains in workers rights. Not in this case. In New York, taxi drivers are licensed but not employees. Uber and Lyft drivers are all licensed by the TLC, so they're no different legally from any other black cab service. The situation may be different in other cities, but in New York, all of the established precedent so far classifies TLC drivers as independent contractors or self-employed.