By announcing it would not comply with a California law reclassifying its workers as employees, Uber is returning to the company’s time-honored tradition as a scofflaw.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
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Posted inEconomic Policy
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The Tea Party–Trump Decade
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
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