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Analysis: Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Postmates, and gig economy giants have spent ~$200M to support CA's Prop 22 and avoid reclassifying contractors as employees

even though the law wouldn't require that. Companies can give flexibility to employees if they choose to do so.” https://www.latimes.com/... @wsjpolitics : Uber, Lyft and DoorDash are spending tens of millions of dollars and flooding voters with messages in a neck-and-neck battle to preserve their current business model in California https://www.wsj.com/... @derektmead : spending two hundred million dollars to avoid payroll costs https://twitter.com/...

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  • @gigworkersrise @gigworkersrise on x
    Great to see this story trending on twitter. The amount of lies Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Instacart, etc have told the public about workers wanting Prop 22 to pass is unfathomable. Read the story here via @suhaunah and @JMBooyah: https://www.latimes.com/... #NoOnProp22 https://twitte…
  • @mattdpearce Matt Pearce on x
    The Yes on Prop 22 messaging has been “saturated with the idea that if the drivers gain employee status, they will lose flexibility — even though the law wouldn't require that. Companies can give flexibility to employees if they choose to do so.” https://www.latimes.com/...
  • @wsjpolitics @wsjpolitics on x
    Uber, Lyft and DoorDash are spending tens of millions of dollars and flooding voters with messages in a neck-and-neck battle to preserve their current business model in California https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @derektmead @derektmead on x
    spending two hundred million dollars to avoid payroll costs https://twitter.com/...
  • @latimes @latimes on x
    Gig companies have been energetically pressing their own drivers to vote yes on Prop. 22 and — regardless of the drivers' feelings on the matter — to push the same message to customers. @suhaunah and @JMBooyah report: https://www.latimes.com/...