Yet, Proposition 22 made it to the ballot. Mint reported last week that gig-economy ride-hailing apps spent over $200 million to see Proposition 22 through. Employee classification would have given rise to a slew of labour rights that today’s gig workers, as “independent contractors", do not enjoy. Before 2020’s Proposition 22, a 1994 proposal in California removed the right of “illegal aliens" to seek recourse to public funds. Will there be a replay of 1994’s events with Proposition 22 being challenged in a national court?

Source: Mint November 16, 2020 15:22 UTC