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

  • 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.