The truth is all drivers – and all workers – have more in common with each other than with billionaires or CEOs. If we stand together and fight back, workers can keep Uber and Lyft from rigging the system against us.
Prop 22 Is an Assault on the Rights and Dignity of Uber, Lyft, Postmates Workers
Teen Vogue
If you’re a resident of California, a person who follows workers’ rights issues, or both, you’ve probably heard talk about Proposition 22, a state ballot measure that’s kicked up quite a ruckus over the past few months. Prop 22 concerns the workers at app-based companies who provide transportation and delivery services — think drivers and delivery workers for Uber and Postmates. The goal of Prop 22 is to carve out a special exemption from the state’s AB5 law, which was intended to protect independent contractors from misclassification, and it would extend some half-baked protections and benefits to app-based drivers who would be classified as “independent contractors”; however, these workers would ultimately come away with fewer rights and less flexibility than if they were full-time employees, which many argue is how they should be classified in the first place.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/prop-22-california-workers-rights