‘A totally different ballgame’: Inside Uber and Lyft’s fight over gig worker status
CNet
Labor activists are targeted in a social media campaign as gig economy companies spend millions to prevent workers from becoming employees.
“If the pandemic has shown anything, it’s that all workers deserve affordable health insurance, paid sick leave, a minimum wage, overtime pay and access to a social safety net,” says Mekela Edwards, a full-time Uber driver and member of the driver group We Drive Progress, which represents 6,000 drivers. “That’s why I am working really hard to help defeat Prop 22.”
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