Spin's San Francisco staff becomes the first e-scooter workforce to unionize

The San Francisco workforce of Spin, the e-scooter company owned by Ford, have unionized, in a first for the industry.

Having voted to unionize on Dec. 5, the workers were authorized to join the Teamsters Local 665 chapter on Wednesday.

As well as office-based staff, scooter rental companies largely rely on a workforce of independent contractors, i.e. gig workers, to charge, maintain, relocate, and check the 85,000 or so vehicles scattered in cities around the U.S. But Spin says its entire San Francisco workforce of 100 people is comprised of W2 employees, and this is "the model" for its 60-plus other markets. Read more...