A Massachusetts court rules that a proposed ballot measure, backed by Uber and Lyft, to classify gig drivers as independent contractors, violates state law
from employer obligations to taking care of passengers when accidents happen"https://www.nytimes.com/ ... @massnotforsale : “The ruling effectively ended a $17.8 million campaign by the gig companies to support the initiative.” Money doesn't guarantee a win, and weakened worker protections are not inevitable. When we fight, we win. Massachusetts is NOT for sale! https://www.nytimes.com/... @californialabor : NEWS: NO PROP 22 in Mass! Court throws out Prop 22-style initiative in Massachusetts, calling it unconstitutional. Companies like @uber and @lyft rely on spending hundreds of millions of $$ to buy laws for themselves, but we say NO! https://www.nytimes.com/... Kellen Browning / @kellen_browning : Big news from Massachusetts this morning: A state court has *thrown out* a proposed ballot measure that would classify gig drivers as independent contractors. It was a redux of California's Prop 22, supported by Uber and Lyft. Now, it's off the ballot. https://www.nytimes.com/... Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher / @lorenasgonzalez : 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 Never stop fighting for workers! https://twitter.com/...
My thoughts on today's MA court ruling striking gig companies' ballot initiative: the initiative was “designed to confuse ppl, in an effort to avoid responsibility for everything—from employer obligations to taking care of passengers when accidents happen"https://www.nytimes.com/…
NEWS: NO PROP 22 in Mass! Court throws out Prop 22-style initiative in Massachusetts, calling it unconstitutional. Companies like @uber and @lyft rely on spending hundreds of millions of $$ to buy laws for themselves, but we say NO! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Big news from Massachusetts this morning: A state court has *thrown out* a proposed ballot measure that would classify gig drivers as independent contractors. It was a redux of California's Prop 22, supported by Uber and Lyft. Now, it's off the ballot. https://www.nytimes.com/...
“The ruling effectively ended a $17.8 million campaign by the gig companies to support the initiative.” Money doesn't guarantee a win, and weakened worker protections are not inevitable. When we fight, we win. Massachusetts is NOT for sale! https://www.nytimes.com/...