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Re:Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22 by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 22, 2020 @09:49PM (#24865262)
> If that isn't an attempt to coerce drivers to vote a certain way by threatening their jobs, I don't know what is

It also looks like the sort of political speech the First Amendment was designed to protect.

Uber threatening to fire employees who don’t support a measure is a labour issue. Uber opining on what it might do if a law were passed, without specifically regulating its employees’ or contractors’ views, voting or activism on the matter, is policy discussion.

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Re:Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22 by Jweb_Guru on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:00AM (#24866443)
Uber is not a person and the First Amendment, whatever our current Supreme Court claims, is certainly not designed to protect its "speech." Additionally corporate "speech" of this sort where it impacts the welfare of employees is very much regulated.
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