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Re:Court rules California's Prop. 22 on Uber, Lyft drivers u... by skohan on Saturday August 21, 2021 @10:16AM (#28257181)
Yes it's basically the main goal of organized labor to support the best interest of workers by any means, including legislative means. How on earth else are workers supposed to get legal protections against the multi-billion dollar corporations which are trying to give them the worst deal possible?
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Re:Court rules California's Prop. 22 on Uber, Lyft drivers u... by harles on Saturday August 21, 2021 @03:39PM (#28259895)
Except this was a pretty overt land grab to expand the unions into new territory. How did AB5 support existing union members?
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Re:Court rules California's Prop. 22 on Uber, Lyft drivers u... by skohan on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:43AM (#28264400)
From their point of view, they might see the rise in a gig-work as a threat against their workers. After all, if Uber and Lyft are allowed to replace unionized taxi drivers with underpaid "private contractors" with no labor rights, what's to stop someone else from doing it with other industries?
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