https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_22,App-Based_Drivers_as_Contractors_and_Labor_Policies_Initiative(2020)

      • Dalairamma441 [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        They say stuff like 7/10 drivers want the freedom to be independent contractors and choose their hours instead of being forced into an unacceptable schedule and that prices would rise making those services unaffordable for the low income people that rely on uber/lyft to get to work etc.

      • GravenImage [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        why working class Californians would vote for this

        Gig economy workers are not part of the regular proletariat, they're somehow even more alienated than people with traditional wage employment. I bet a lot of people with regular jobs don't know.

        • Value_Form2 [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          My idiot dad literally thinks uber drivers are making bank. I have no idea where he's got that from.

          • SteveHasBunker [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            My idiot dad literally thinks uber drivers are making bank.

            I mean the thing is there are ones who do. You just gotta hustle like crazy, live in the right areas, and deal with how precarious the job is. But if you luck out there are people who make near six figures.

    • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Arent all of those ran at a loss in effort to break taxi unions anyway? I seem to remember hearing this on some podcast or other.