California’s Prop 22 could set back labor standards, particularly for nonwhite workers, for decades.
Uber
Posted inWorking in America
Kamala Harris’s Uber Test
The vice-presidential nominee did little as a state and local prosecutor as Uber and Lyft rose to prominence. Now California wants to force drivers to be treated as employees, and Harris appears to be on board—for now.
Posted inAmerica and the World
How a Biden Adviser Got a Gig With Uber
Jake Sullivan’s side hustle
Posted inCoronavirus
Uber’s Bait and Switch on Paid Sick Leave
Rideshare drivers with pre-existing conditions who had counted on getting two weeks’ leave have been unable to do so.
Posted inWorking in America
Like Uber, but for Gig Worker Organizing
Drivers and delivery personnel for app-based employers keep getting squeezed. Now they’re fighting back.
Posted inTAP
Workers Have Rights? Uber and the Chamber Go to Court to Stop Such Nonsense.
Today on TAP: In California, big business tries to overturn pro-worker legislation
Posted inTAP
If Everyone Defined Their Business the Way Uber Does (A Playlet)
In a desperate display of legal legerdemain, Uber general counsel Tony West responded yesterday to the California legislature’s passage of a bill compelling companies to stop misclassifying their employees as independent contractors—as Uber does its drivers—with the novel legal theory that the drivers and the rides they provide aren’t part of Uber’s central business mission, […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Uber Goes Back to Basics: Violating the Law
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.
Posted inWorking in America
California Legislature Prepares to Rein In Gig Economy
If AB 5 becomes law, it could open the floodgates to similar legislation in other states. Uber and other companies may then find themselves on the defensive.
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A Bill in California Has Split the Democratic Party
A state bill that would reclassify most independent contractors as employees is revealing fractures between Obama-era Democrats and those seeking to lead the party into the future.
