California Democrats are backing a legislative proposal that would allow gig workers to form unions. Expect big pushback from companies like Uber, Lyft and Doordash.
Hundreds of thousands of California rideshare drivers finally have clarity on their job classification — but it’s not the outcome unions were hoping for. A California appeals court ruled Monday that drivers can indeed be treated as independent contractors and not employees of Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other platforms, reports CalMatters’ Grace Gedye. If this […]
Most of the remaining loose ends from California’s Nov. 8 election were tied up Monday — though at least one especially close race appears to remain unresolved and election battles from 2020 and 2024 continue to intensify. First, Democrat Christy Holstege conceded her bid for an open state Assembly seat stretching across Riverside and San […]
California's epic battle over the status of gig workers has entered a new phase with a judge overturning Proposition 22, a 2020 ballot measure sponsored by Uber and other transportation and delivery companies.
La junta aérea considerará reducir los gases de efecto invernadero de las empresas de transporte. La gran pregunta es: ¿Quién pagará los vehículos más limpios?
Read this article in English. Ya en 2009, el entonces presidente de la Corte Suprema de California, Ron George, preguntó: “¿Se ha convertido la iniciativa de los votantes en la herramienta del tipo de intereses especiales que se pretendía controlar y en un impedimento para el funcionamiento eficaz de un verdadero proceso democrático? “ Esa pregunta […]
California should create a citizens’ initiative review process to weigh in independently for the public interest when special interests are battling it out.