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(Bloomberg) -- Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. can keep classifying California drivers as independent contractors, after the states top court said a company-backed law passed by voters doesnt wrongly curtail the legislatures power over worker protections...
The ruling is a win for the industry as gig companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash Inc. poured more than $200 million into their 2020 campaign to preserve the core of their business models and keep drivers classified as independent contractors..
Drivers and labor advocates that argued the law improperly shifts the cost of doing business onto gig workers and denies them other protections, such as minimum wage, sick leave, and overtime pay, renewed their calls to unionize in response to the ruling in emailed statements...
Hector Castellanos, the plaintiff in the case, called Prop 22 a bait-and-switch meant to enrich global corporations at the expense of the Black, brown and immigrant workers who power their earnings, adding that the ruling only strengthens our demand for the right to join together in a union.. SEIU International President April Verrett also said the ruling is disappointing..
Im more determined than ever to ensure that all workers including our diverse and Black, Indigenous, and people of color-led gig workforce have the basic protections of workers compensation, paid sick leave, family leave, and disability insurance and the right to form a union.. Passenger app drivers make a median wage of about $5.97 per hour without tips in California when factoring all work time, gas, and vehicle weathering, according to a May University of California at Berkeley study...
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