AB 5 was passed in 2019. Uber, Lyft, and Doordash are pretending it took them by surprise this week. Meanwhile have been spending a fortune to get it overturned. They've failed in the courts. CA voters must make sure they also fail at the ballot again. Vote no on their Prop 22. https://twitter.com/_davislee/status/1294311237983981570
“Uber and Lyft’s Business Model May Be Dead. Good.
The biggest startups in modern history were built on old-fashioned worker exploitation.” https://onezero.medium.com/uber-and-lyfts-business-model-may-be-dead-good-53940dcbac34
“Uber and Lyft’s Business Model May Be Dead. Good.The biggest startups in modern history were built on old-fashioned worker exploitation.” https://onezero.medium.com/uber-and-lyfts-business-model-may-be-dead-good-53940dcbac34
“Uber and Lyft’s Business Model May Be Dead. Good.The biggest startups in modern history were built on old-fashioned worker exploitation.” https://onezero.medium.com/uber-and-lyfts-business-model-may-be-dead-good-53940dcbac34
“Uber and Lyft’s Business Model May Be Dead. Good.The biggest startups in modern history were built on old-fashioned worker exploitation.” https://onezero.medium.com/uber-and-lyfts-business-model-may-be-dead-good-53940dcbac34
Uber, Lyft, & Doordash have spent $110,000,000 so far on Prop 22, which would exempt them from labor rights law. https://www.salon.com/2020/08/16/uber-issues-an-empty-threat-to-cease-operations-in-california/ Drivers have no health insurance, yet this is their employers' priority: ensure they don't have to treat drivers decently or pay them fairly.
Uber issues an empty threat to cease operations in California

Don't worry: History shows that jurisdictions where Uber or Lyft left saw other taxi companies quickly fill the gap

https://www.salon.com/2020/08/16/uber-issues-an-empty-threat-to-cease-operations-in-california/
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