FT: Uber Aligns With Driver Unions to Slow Robotaxi Rollout, Reversing Decade of Labor Antagonism

Uber is now openly siding with rideshare-driver unions to lobby against pure-robotaxi rules, part of a bid to slow autonomous-vehicle disruption of its core network — a striking reversal for a company that spent a decade fighting organized labor. Related reporting shows Uber lobbying for an 85% human-driver quota in New Jersey and a hybrid-network rule in DC that would block Waymo from operating standalone, using its own internal data that a single AV replaces roughly four human drivers.