California sides with Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and others on Prop 22, exempting the companies from having to reclassify workers as employees
Gig economy giants including Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and DoorDash Inc. have won their effort to pass a hotly contested ballot measure …
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Discussion
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@nytimes
@nytimes
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California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 22, a ballot measure that allows gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft to keep treating drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. The victory could help remake U.S. labor laws. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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California's new privacy ballot passes. Funds new privacy enforcement division, closes some loopholes on the major data collectors (Google, Facebook) and makes it very hard for them to weaken in the future. Enforcement in 2023. https://twitter.com/...
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@bgurley
Bill Gurley
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I would restate this. CA recognized that AB5 was simply money buying legislation in Sacramento. @LorenaSGonzalez trying to help her donor the @SEIU The editorial groups of all major papers called this out. & Willie Brown. A great light shown on an ugly political process. https://…
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@joewestby
Joe Westby
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Big blow for labour rights of gig workers. The fact these companies could throw big $$$ funding a campaign to exempt themselves from law is shocking - corporate lobbying on steroids. https://twitter.com/...
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@aloudonline
Aloud
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So disappointing. A real blow to workers. This is all part of a larger erosion of labor protections that we should all be incredibly worried about. -J https://twitter.com/...
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@seanzevran
Sean Zevran
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I didn't hear a single worker defend this, and I've spoken with numerous. https://twitter.com/...
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@rbreich
Robert Reich
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Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have spent over $186,000,000 on Prop 22 in California — a ballot measure that leaves drivers without guaranteed sick leave, health care, bargaining rights, or a minimum wage. Vote NO on 22. Please spread the word. https://twitter.com/...
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@pattersonnbc
Steve Patterson
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In a brief aside for all my Californians... this is a big deal with a big price tag. It will have immediate ramifications on the well-being of the people that fuel what is essentially our form of reliable/widespread pseudo public transportation in many areas. https://twitter.com/…
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@danpriceseattle
Dan Price
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Uber and Lyft spent $200 million to convince people it couldn't afford to pay employees. It worked. When you're a big corporation, you don't have to play by the rules of everyone else https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
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@therideshareguy
Harry Campbell
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I've been wondering what exactly Lyft is up to for the past 6 months of the pandemic. Rides are still down 50-70% and frankly their service is atrocious in major markets like LA (can't match w a driver consistently and supply/demand pricing is out of whack). https://twitter.com/.…
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@mirandacgreen
Miranda Green
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With more than half of the state reporting, the prop is winning by nearly 58%. The fight by tech giants to pass it has lead to most expensive ballot race in California's history https://twitter.com/...
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@amir
Amir Efrati
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🚗 🚲 New: 5 of Lyft's 17 top execs internally announced their departure in last couple months, including 2 yesterday. $lyft https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
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@andrew4mk
Andrew Pakes
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Okay. Lots going on in America. But this is significant. At huge expense big tech has just bought its way to weaker employment rights & standards for gig workers in California https://twitter.com/...
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@byjacobward
Jacob Ward
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A coalition backed by Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and PostMates spent $200M to reverse a law that classified their workers as employees. That law, AB5, went into effect not even a year ago, and tonight they won exemption through a ballot proposition. https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@josephdancey
Joseph Dancey
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Huge #USElection win for $200 million Uber/Lyft campaign to win exemption from California labour laws (outspending 10:1). What now for 20th century compact on tax, employment rights & how workers make enough to live if laws no longer apply to Big Tech, venture capital or #4IR? ht…