Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22

Re:Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22 by tomjakubowski on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:21PM (#24864397)

More like, if there's a ballot initiative to lower taxes on strip clubs, and a strip club's ownership sent a memo to its dancers saying they would be out of a job if it doesn't pass because the owner doesn't want to or "can't" run the business with the tax as it is.

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Re:Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22 by freerobby on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:27PM (#24864443)

What if the owner in that situation is telling the truth though, i.e. they believe the club will become insolvent if it doesn't pass? Can they not say it?

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Re:Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22 by henryfjordan on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:45PM (#24864581)

Was the owner just trying to state facts or were they trying to swing the local election by threatening employees? I think in your example case, no, the owner would not break the law by just saying the business will shut down.

A few scattered, merely-the-facts statements that a business will shut down as a result of a new law is very different than a continuous campaign of political messages and surveys through the official work app. There's a lot more room to argue that Uber's communications amounted to an attempt to coerce or influence, though it will still probably be an uphill battle.

(I am not a lawyer)

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Re:Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22 by pessimizer on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:39PM (#24864530)

There's no "I'm telling you the truth I'm really going to fire you" exception.

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Re:Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22 by judge2020 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @10:17PM (#24865397)

Who said they'd be fired? The strip club owner could just keep taking losses until the bank repossesses the building.

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