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“Available for delivery exclusively through Uber Eats” or some equivalent bullshit. Are Uber/lyft/GrubHub/postmates/etc drivers guaranteed a minimum wage in accordance to the new law, or are they “contractors” with no protection?
IIRC, The state passed a law requiring they be treated as employees, Uber and Lyft then spent hundreds of millions astroturfing the repeal campaign and got Californians to approve the repeal which exempts a narrow group of orgs including rideshare companies. So, Californians who spent billions on covering unemployment for folks who were contractors, are again subsidizing corporate profits.
“Available for delivery exclusively through Uber Eats” or some equivalent bullshit. Are Uber/lyft/GrubHub/postmates/etc drivers guaranteed a minimum wage in accordance to the new law, or are they “contractors” with no protection?
IIRC, The state passed a law requiring they be treated as employees, Uber and Lyft then spent hundreds of millions astroturfing the repeal campaign and got Californians to approve the repeal which exempts a narrow group of orgs including rideshare companies. So, Californians who spent billions on covering unemployment for folks who were contractors, are again subsidizing corporate profits.