W.Proposals in California went into effect after 22 and exempted some large technology companies from fully complying with labor laws, with workers claiming ridershare and delivery applications in the state to continue poor working conditions and reduced wages.
Drivers and labor groups opposed Prop 22, saying it would bind companies to their obligations to provide benefits and a standard minimum wage to their workers despite earning billions of dollars. But the scale passed on the ballot boxes.
“It’s clear that it was an open season to start cutting my salary again as soon as Prop 22 passed,” said Peter Young, a four-year Rideshare driver in Los Angeles. “I am just looking for another job. I can’t continue to do this on this salary. I am currently delivering food. Everyone orders food online so there is demand. It’s just that what they choose to pay me is not more reliable and it’s getting less. “
When the coronavirus epidemic began, Young relied on food delivery applications ranging from riding riders to Uber Eats, Grub and Uber-owned postmates. After Prop 22 passed, he claimed that he had experienced a cut in his base pay between the incentives given to drivers before Prop 22 disappeared, and the incredible fluctuations.
“If you try to make money, just on the delivery fee, it comes to about ડો 5 an hour. A good day for me is probably earning $ 100 before gas and spending eight hours working, ”Young said.
The minimum wage in California by January 2021 is 14 hours, and one hour for employers with less than 25 employees.
Ben Valdez worked five years as a part-time driver in Los Angeles and the epidemic continued. He works two to three days a week, 12 to 15 hours a day and makes an average of about 150 dollars before spending, but the pay has continued to change widely.
“I’ve probably spent three or four nights where I’ve literally made 4,” he said.
Through the epidemic, Valdez has paid for things like face masks and other personal protective devices from his own pocket and has created his own protective partition in his vehicle by stepping out of the shower curtain.
“I was under the impression that after prop 22 I would get an extra 30 cents per mile,” Valdez said, but he didn’t get the extra compensation amount because, according to Uber’s metrics, his salary exceeded his calculated 120 percent. Minimum wage.
A study conducted by labor economists at the University of California, Berkeley in October 2019 found that Prop 22 was considered the busiest time in the calculation of wages, as a minimum wage of 5.64 per hour was guaranteed.
“A lot of drivers were deceived because they expected that they would magically qualify for the benefits that companies voiced that they would pay for the front end and drivers would get compensation for mileage,” Valdez said. “They also told drivers that Uber and Lift would leave the state of California if Prop 22 did not pass, as they could not pay drivers as employees.”
In November, California voters passed Prop 22, with 58.63% of voters favoring an amendment to exempt app-based gig workers from the California Legislature Bill 5, which gave gig workers workers’ rights to unemployment insurance, health insurance, and minimum wage. , And collective bargaining. Uber, Lift and other gig companies refused to comply with the AB5 and threatened to shut down operations in the state of California if forced to do so.
Prop 22, written by Uber, Lift, InstaCart and Dordesh, was launched in mid-December 2020, following an aggressive public relations campaign of over 200m launched by companies. Companies outperform opponents by one in 22 to 10, making it the most expensive ballet measure in California history.
Controversy over Prop 22 continues following its passage.
Shortly after it passed, several gig apps for consumers in California announced that Prop 22 would increase fees to cover driver benefit prices, while some in the app claimed that prices would increase if Prop 22 did not pass.
The California Fair Political Affairs Commission recently proposed 3,371 fines against Lift for misleading and inappropriately labeled campaign ads in support of Prop 22.
A class action lawsuit filed by Ber, against00 drivers seeking return pay and benefits was granted because Rideshare refused to comply with AB5 before Prop 22 passed. On Feb. 10, California’s Supreme Court refused to review a lower court’s ruling against Uber and Lift over the classification of their drivers’ employees before Prop 22 passed.
The International Union of Rideshare Drivers and Service Employees has claimed that Prop 22 is unconstitutional because it prevents a California legislator from compensating workers for applications.
One of the drivers who filed the lawsuit, Siri Ri Okawa, worked as a full-time Uber driver in San Francisco for a year and also worked for InstaCart and Dordesh when the coronavirus epidemic struck.
Okawa said Prop 22 didn’t do anything good because companies still don’t consider waiting time and driving time at stores, so a 120 percent guarantee of their minimum wage is fraudulent.
He pays about 180 180 a week to rent a car through Uber’s partnership with Avis and spends about $ 90 a week on gas. He works five to six days a week from 7.30 am to evening. She claimed that the gig companies changed the base pay without giving a reason and that she had not yet been provided with adequate personal protective equipment while working during the epidemic or that she had spent every day to disinfect her vehicle and germs.
“I’m scared and pray I don’t get coronavirus because it means staying out of work for weeks without any financial support,” Okawa said.
A Dordesh spokesperson said in an email: “We are proud that Dordesh offers flexible income opportunities to Dussehra to supplement their income, and Prop 22 shows that we can also give the Dashders the freedom they need with greater security. Following the implementation of Prop 22, doctors in San Francisco are earning more than a 39 an hour that they are on delivery, and for the first time dashers are able to make money toward health insurance under this serious measure. “
The spokesperson also claimed that 90% of the workers at Doordesh work less than 10 hours per week on the application, and the average dashers deliver less than four hours a week.
A spokesman for the group said: “The new benefits of Prop 22 include guaranteed earnings, healthcare subsidies and new insurance coverage. Overall, the ProP 22 guarantees benefits for group drivers while they secure flexibility. About earnings in particular, drivers in California now have more stability with guaranteed earnings based on 120% of the local minimum wage and full active delivery time. “
Uber, Postmates and InstaCart have not responded to multiple requests for comment on this story.
