The Proposition 22 ballot campaign by Uber and Lyft just became the most expensive such campaign ever.
Get ready for a torrent of special-interest spending on California ballot measures.a harassment campaign
aimed at Veena Dubal, a UC Hastings law professor who has been critical of Uber and Lyft and their business model. More to the point, Proposition 22 is aimed at overturning AB 5, the 2018 state law that requires workers such as gig drivers to be designated as employees, with all the benefits and rights that employees receive. The gig companies prefer to classify them as “independent contractors,” which isn’t allowed under the law.
AB 5, which went into effect in January, included exemptions for numerous work categories but not ride-hailing or gig delivery drivers such as those working for DoorDash and Instacart, which are also big contributors to the Proposition 22 campaign.The companies maintain that they’re looking out for the little guy — that Proposition 22 will give drivers rights and minimum pay that they don’t receive as independent contractors — but that’s mostly blowing smoke.
That’s what’s really at stake here: the quest for profit. Don’t believe the companies when they claim anything else.
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