The use of ride-share apps is popular around the country, with Uber and Lyft being the most popular. However, both platforms have faced intense criticism. Specifically, people feel that Uber and Lyft drivers are treated unfairly by their respective companies.

Drivers for companies such as Uber and Lyft won the right to unionize in Massachusetts, election results showed Wednesday, as voters pushed through a first-of-a-kind ballot referendum backed by national labor groups. The measure will permit transportation ...

Uber and Lyft drivers at a rally inside the Massachusetts State House to call for the formation of a ride-sharing union. Photo: Getty Images. Massachusetts voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure that would allow ride-share drivers to unionize ...

Massachusetts voters have approved a ballot measure allowing ride-share drivers for app-based companies like Uber and Lyft to unionize.

A state ballot measure was the first of its kind in the United States, but labor advocates worry it could lock Uber and Lyft drivers out of full-time employment status.

Massachusetts has passed a statewide ballot initiative that gives rideshare drivers the opportunity to unionize while remaining independent contractors. The initiative was brought forward by the Service Employees International Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

Uber and Lyft seemed to invoke legislative amendments to the right of drivers to form a union, which Massachusetts voters approved with a narrow "yes" win on Question 3.