The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that for Pablo Godoy at the United Food and Commercial Workers union, successfully organizing a group of Uber drivers in Victoria was one of the most surprising and rewarding outcomes of his decades-long career. The Globe's Vanmala Subramaniam quotes Mr. Godoy saying, "The truth is, this took almost seven years of working with thousands of Uber drivers across Canada -- to understand the app, to understand the algorithm and to understand what drivers wanted." On April 28, more than 1,000 Uber drivers in Victoria ratified their first union contract as members of UFCW Local 1518, making them the first group of gig workers in North America to form a union. As part of the deal, the workers will get bonus payments for hitting certain performance metrics and access to a sick-days fund. The contract, however, says nothing about wages. Drivers had voted in favour of unionizing (with a 99-per-cent majority) in July, 2025, and it took eight months of negotiating with Uber Technologies to jointly come up with detailed language around workers' incomes and benefits that materialized in the new four-year collective agreement. Now, Mr. Godoy is looking for success across Canada.