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Tag: gig workers

small business
Posted inMy Turn

It’s time to reform AB 5 to help California’s business climate

Avatar by Guest Commentary February 5, 2021

We need to consider the small businesses and employers that have been impacted by the enactment of AB 5 and COVID-19.

Signs for ridesharing company Lyft are visible along a freeway in San Francisco on . Aug. 10, 2017. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group
Posted inWhatMatters

How California voters changed the future of work

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 5, 2020
Rideshare vehicles at Long Beach Airport, Sept. 19, 2017. Photo by Ringo Chiu, ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
Posted inEconomy

After gig companies’ Prop. 22 win, labor groups vow challenges

Lauren Hepler by Lauren Hepler November 4, 2020
A man holds up a sign that says, 'I don't need a job, I just need customers,' during a rally in opposition to AB 5, a bill that would change the way independent contractors are classified by their employers, on July 9, 2019.
Posted inWhatMatters

Uber, Lyft win big victory

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 4, 2020
Uber and Lyft stickers are seen on a car at the ride share lot at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Aug. 20, 2020 in Los Angeles. Uber and Lyft drivers held a rally earlier at the airport calling for basic employment rights. An appeals court granted Lyft and Uber an emergency stay from needing to classify drivers as employees allowing ride-sharing services to continue after a threatened shutdown. Photo by Ringo Chiu, ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
Posted inElection 2020

Lawsuits and labor backlash: Prop. 22’s cutthroat final days

Lauren Hepler by Lauren Hepler October 27, 2020
gig economy lobbying customers
Posted inPost-It

New frontier: How gig economy titans are lobbying their customers

Avatar by Ben Christopher October 12, 2020
Posted inMy Turn

Prop. 22 would protect my flexibility to work independently

Avatar by Guest Commentary October 8, 2020
Posted inMy Turn

Prop. 22 would leave gig workers without core protections

Avatar by Guest Commentary October 8, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that Justice Martin Jenkins has been appointed to the Supreme Court of California. Photo courtesy of Governor's press office
Posted inWhatMatters

Newsom picks moderate for CA Supreme Court

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven October 6, 2020
Ben Valdez, an L.A. Uber and Lyft driver, says predicting his pay on the apps is "like going to Vegas." Photo by Tash Kimmell for Cal Matters
Posted inEconomy

What to know about gig worker pay before voting on Prop. 22

Lauren Hepler by Lauren Hepler October 6, 2020

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