Question 3 would give Uber and Lyft drivers the right to organize a union. The companies consider the drivers to be independent contractors, a classification of workers not typically allowed to unionize under federal law. This ballot initiative would create a new framework for drivers to do so under state law.

On a muggy June morning, a handful of rideshare drivers descended on Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with stacks of red, white and blue leaflets, limp in the heat, that demanded to “end unfair deactivations.

The lawsuits accuse the companies of misclassifying workers; failing to pay minimum wage; and not paying for breaks, overtime and sick time.