AFP, SAN FRANCISCORide-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc and delivery company Postmates Inc have filed a lawsuit against the state of California, claiming a new law that would treat gig-economy freelancers as employees is unconstitutional. This would include drivers for Uber and Postmates. Uber warned earlier that it would oppose any change of status for its drivers, which would cost the company extra in social security costs. In the suit, Uber and its co-plaintiffs argue that the law targets independent service providers, while exempting direct salespeople, travel agents, construction truck drivers and commercial fishers. That came as a big blow to Uber, which has about 3.5 million customers and about 50,000 drivers in the British capital.
