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Nebraska lawmakers advance bill defining Uber drivers as contractors, overcoming filibuster

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A proposal that would change Nebraska law to define app-based ride-share and food delivery drivers as independent contractors overcame the Legislature's first filibuster of the year Wednesday as lawmakers voted largely along party lines to advance the bill to the…

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Nebraska lawmakers advance bill defining Uber drivers as contractors, overcoming filibuster

A proposal to change Nebraska law to define Uber and other app-based drivers as independent contractors overcame opposition from Democrats who said the bill gives "special favors" to large companies.

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Nebraska Examiner

Nebraska labor filibuster falls a second time to ridesharing bill

Ridesharing companies are among those pushing for changes in how Nebraska recognizes the status of drivers for them. (Stock photo/Getty Images)LINCOLN — The company-fed push to cement drivers for ridesharing and food delivery apps as independent contractors in Nebraska survived a second round of labor-centered resistance. Battle lines had been drawn during the previous debate in the officially nonpartisan Legislature, with nearly all Democrats s…

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