With the ongoing legal tussle between California officials and Ridershare leaders over the classification of their workers between Uber and Lift, many have wondered whether these companies will re-classify their workers or leave the state. Will Swaim, president of the California Policy Center, discusses the latest developments with Uber and Lift in California.
A group of Uber drivers has accused a ride-sharing giant of pushing workers to support California Proposal 22.
California’s 2020 election poll will have a section for residents to vote on Prop.22, which will allow Uber, Lift and other ride-sharing companies to classify drivers as independent contractors rather than employees.
An Uber spokesman said in a statement to Fox Business, “This is an absurd lawsuit, filed without merit, just for the attention of the press and regardless of the facts.” “It can’t be distracted from the truth: that most drivers support Prop 22 and have been for months because they know it will improve their lives and protect the way they choose to work.”
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In the complaint, Uber alleges that drivers with notifications and postings in support of Prop.22 were hijacked.
“Let’s be very clear,” David Lowe, one of Rudy, Axelwood, Ziff and Lona’s partners and workers’ lawyers, said in a statement Thursday. “Berber’s threats and the constant barrage of Prop 22 propaganda on a single app must be used by drivers for their work: to force drivers to support Uber’s political fight to save them from the workplace.”
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Lowe contributed $ 5,000 to the anti-prop. A campaign named 22 of 22 has been carried out.
The lawsuit cited several examples of prompts and messages, including one that provided “drivers with the opportunity to vote ‘Yes Pro Pro 22’ or ‘OK’, forcing drivers to accept Uber status because of the complaint.” It offers no option to vote. “
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“Almost every time we log in, we are given more one-sided information to push for Prop 22,” said plaintiff Ben Valdez.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday, the same day the California Court of Appeals ruled against Uber and Lift that they must comply with laws to reclassify drivers. The companies appealed and threatened to leave the state altogether if they were forced to reclassify drivers.
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The verdict will not take effect until November 3. But may limit the options for Uber and Lift. 22 should fail.
Rideshare companies argue that the increase in costs for companies now forced to reclassify will leave “hundreds of thousands of California jobs” in some parts of the state, and the dam’s rideshare services said in a statement Thursday from Uber.
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California legislators argue that rideshare drivers are entitled to benefits such as employee classification, such as health care, paid sick leave, family leave, workers’ compensation, vacation days and more.
In a statewide poll of California voters who asked if they would vote for Prop.22, 39% said yes, 36% said no, and 25% said they were undecided, the San Francisco Chronicle says.
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