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VOICE ARCHIVE

Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

@lorenasgonzalez
22 posts
2026-01-31
“We won't be bullied, no matter how big the bully thinks he is,” said Lorena Gonzalez, president of the CA Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO. “Unions will continue to be the voice for all working people & Big Tech billionaires will continue to be the voice for themselves.” [image]
2026-01-31 View on X
New York Times

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and crypto evangelist Tim Draper plan to spend millions this year on an effort to elect moderate California legislators

2024-09-08
Even with substandard pay and benefits...No one's enforcing Prop. 22 in California. Talk about complete failure for workers. https://calmatters.org/...
2024-09-08 View on X
CalMatters

An investigation details the lack of enforcement of CA's Prop 22 about four years after the ballot initiative, backed by gig economy companies, became state law

Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers.  But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn't doing much to help push back.

2024-09-07
Even with substandard pay and benefits...No one's enforcing Prop. 22 in California. Talk about complete failure for workers. https://calmatters.org/...
2024-09-07 View on X
CalMatters

An investigation details the lack of enforcement of CA's Prop 22 about four years after the ballot initiative, backed by gig economy companies, became state law

Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers.  But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn't doing much to help push back.

2023-08-12
To be clear: autonomous vehicles jeopardize public safety & eliminate good jobs. The California Labor Movement stands in opposition to expanding San Francisco's dangerous pilot program. We deserve better from the CPUC. [image]
2023-08-12 View on X
The Verge

After a contentious public hearing, the California Public Utilities Commission allows Waymo and Cruise to operate driverless cabs 24/7 throughout San Francisco

prompting a vow from angry residents to continue staging traffic cone protests Nadia Bidarian / CNN : Regulators give green light to driverless taxis in San Francisco Shannon Conne...

2023-08-11
To be clear: autonomous vehicles jeopardize public safety & eliminate good jobs. The California Labor Movement stands in opposition to expanding San Francisco's dangerous pilot program. We deserve better from the CPUC. [image]
2023-08-11 View on X
The Verge

After a contentious public hearing, the California Public Utilities Commission will let Waymo and Cruise operate driverless cabs 24/7 throughout San Francisco

Waymo and Cruise were approved to operate their robotaxi services 24/7 in San Francisco after a contentious six-hour public hearing …

2023-03-12
Wow! Incredible....VCs & start-ups realize it's actually illegal to have people do work without paying them. I thought that's just what they called a “business model.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-03-12 View on X
TechCrunch

How startup founders are reacting to Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, as some worry about frozen funds, operating expenses, and paying employees full salaries

'The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a leading lender to startups and venture capitalists … Bloomberg : Khosla Ventures Tells Some Startups Firm Will Cover Payroll South China Morning P...

Wow! Incredible....VCs & start-ups realize it's actually illegal to have people do work without paying them. I thought that's just what they called a “business model.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-03-12 View on X
Bloomberg

SVB draws support from 300+ VC firms, including General Catalyst, while 1,200+ founders and CEOs sign a Y Combinator petition asking the US Congress to act

More than 100 venture capital and investing firms have signed a statement supporting Silicon Valley Bank, part of mounting industry calls …

2022-06-15
👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 Never stop fighting for workers! https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-15 View on X
New York Times

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 b...

2021-12-13
Can you imagine your employer denying you the right to even access emergency alerts? Tornadoes, flash floods, fires, earthquakes... whatever the emergency. Blue-collar workers deserve the ability to have this information in real time. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-12-13 View on X
Bloomberg

After a deadly warehouse collapse in Illinois, Amazon staff say a ban on phones at work denies access to emergency alerts and a way to contact first responders

- Online retailer is returning to a cell phone ban in warehouses  — Workers say they want access to weather alerts, communication

2021-09-05
Breaking: Lyft & Uber often make these types of announcements/promises to their drivers. Then, after the PR, don't actually come through. Media outlets covering this should ask for the legally binding language they've offered their Texas drivers! https://twitter.com/...
2021-09-05 View on X
CNBC

Lyft and Uber say they will cover legal fees for drivers who are sued under Texas' new abortion law for transporting women to abortion clinics

- Lyft and Uber said Friday they would cover legal fees for drivers on their respective platforms who are sued under Texas' restrictive abortion law that went into effect this week...

2021-08-23
Prop. 22, the gig worker exemption for Uber and Lyft, is ruled unconstitutional. Hell yes!!! https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ...
2021-08-23 View on X
Sacramento Bee

A California superior court judge rules that Prop 22 is unconstitutional because it infringes on the Legislature's power to set workplace standards

2021-08-22
Prop. 22, the gig worker exemption for Uber and Lyft, is ruled unconstitutional. Hell yes!!! https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ...
2021-08-22 View on X
Sacramento Bee

A California superior court judge rules that Prop 22 is unconstitutional because it infringes on the Legislature's power to set workplace standards

A California judge on Friday ruled that a 2020 ballot measure exempting rideshare and food delivery drivers from a state labor law …

2021-08-21
Prop. 22, the gig worker exemption for Uber and Lyft, is ruled unconstitutional. Hell yes!!! https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ...
2021-08-21 View on X
Sacramento Bee

A California superior court judge rules that Prop 22 is unconstitutional because it infringes on the Legislature's power to set workplace standards

A California judge on Friday ruled that a 2020 ballot measure exempting rideshare and food delivery drivers from a state labor law …

2021-01-23
Lyft is literally preying on drivers who have to work more. A program that gives them more rides in exchange for a 10% cut in what they make. Can you imagine if other employers could manipulate #of hours w/ lower pay? Terrible precedent. https://www.cnet.com/...
2021-01-23 View on X
CNET

Lyft is testing a “priority mode” offering drivers more rides in exchange for a 10% pay cut; some drivers call it “poverty mode”, saying their earnings dropped

and agree to a 10% pay cut — they don't get rides. https://www.cnet.com/... via @CNET O...K / @kateconger : this is so messed up https://twitter.com/...

2021-01-22
For those who argued “let people choose to be Independent Contractors or Employees” — this is what happens with “choice.” The corporation only chooses to hire people who will work as ICs. This is the race to the bottom we are trying to stop. https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-22 View on X
Bloomberg

Instacart cuts 1,877 jobs, including its only union roles, as it shifts to new models, like selling its tech to retailers to have their staff prepare orders

Instacart Inc. plans to terminate about 1,900 employees' jobs, including the only unionized positions in the U.S., representing a fulsome embrace of the gig economy.

2020-11-24
😳the Pinkerton Detective Agency 😳 https://twitter.com/...
2020-11-24 View on X
VICE

Internal reports detail how Amazon tracks labor, environmental movements in EU; Amazon confirms hiring union-busting Pinkerton agency to spy on warehouse staff

Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon's Global Security Operations Center reveal the company's reliance on Pinkerton operatives …

2020-08-30
Nothing random about the targeted paid campaign being waged by @uber / @lyft & right wing operatives against those who support AB5, says @darakerr. It's part of PR strategy aimed at silencing advocates who fight against misclassification. https://www.cnet.com/...
2020-08-30 View on X
CNET

How a law professor became the target of posts on conservative sites, social media harassment, and PR firms hired by gig economy companies, for supporting AB5

Labor activists are targeted in a social media campaign as gig economy companies spend millions to prevent workers from becoming employees. Tweets: @darakerr , @aaschapiro , @deane...

2020-08-21
Uber & Lyft can quit crying now & work on reclassifying their drivers as employees. They have been on notice for 2 years, but now they have another month to figure it out without hurting their workers. Shame on them with their scare tactics! https://www.cnbc.com/...
2020-08-21 View on X
New York Times

Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan charged with obstruction of justice for trying to conceal the 2016 data breach of millions of users and drivers from FTC officials

Joe Sullivan, who led Uber's security team through the company's most tumultuous period, was fired by the company's newly installed chief executive in 2017.

2020-03-24
@dkhos @Uber We did that in CA and you have ignored the law.
2020-03-24 View on X
CNBC

In a letter to Trump, Uber CEO seeks updated labor laws to provide a “third way” of classifying workers, between contractors and employees

why can't he use that money to pay his workers? @leon @dubal @MikeIsaac @GigWorkersRise @AJRavenelleNYC @spvallas https://www.cnbc.com/... @davecraige : @MikeIsaac This is wild to ...

2020-01-06
Uber: -We want an exemption from AB5. -We won't follow AB5. -AB5 doesn't apply to us. -We will exempt ourselves from AB5 by initiative. -We will sue CA about AB5. -Oh, wait, we will change our business model to try to fit AB5. #PickALane https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2020-01-06 View on X
Washington Post

As AB5 takes effect, Uber added features in California like allowing drivers to be favorited, in its apparent attempt to claim that drivers are independent

The ride-hailing giant launched a new version of its app for its California drivers, its latest attempt to push back on a new law aimed …