BOSTON — A coalition of union workers rallied for a proposed ordinance by city councilors, pushing back on self-driving cars in Boston.
The coalition, known as the Labor United Against Waymo, rallied at city hall plaza Tuesday afternoon alongside councilors Erin Murphy and Henry Santana.
The two councilors are sponsoring the ordinance that, the union says, “initiates a public study on the potential negative impacts of driverless vehicles on Boston’s jobs and economy.”
It would also create an advisory board to oversee the study of Waymo and other driverless ride technologies.
“Boston refuses to be a testing ground for robo-taxis in winter conditions,” said councilor Santana at Tuesday’s rally to hundreds in the crowd.
