• Jo Miran
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    11 months ago

    “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?

    • pdxfed@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      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.