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In the upcoming November election, Massachusetts voters will decide on the issue posed by a ballot initiative known as “Question 3.” The ballot initiative would allow rideshare drivers, like those employed by Uber and Lyft, to form unions and engage in collective bargaining with their employers. This is a right which rideshare drivers, who are currently classified as independent contractors, are excluded from under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The initiative proposed in Massachusetts could spark the beginning of a movement to extend worker protections, like collective bargaining, to groups formally excluded.