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Instead, California's Prop 22 "legalized racial subordination," a new research paper argues.
The law worked like 1930s "wage codes" that paid workers in mostly minority industries less.
Last year, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Uber-owned
Postmates
spent a record $203 million to convince California voters to pass Proposition 22, a company-authored ballot measure that let them avoid paying for new benefits the state had recently extended to their workers.
The companies said Prop 22, which created a new class of workers subject to different labor laws, would be a boon for workers of color and immigrants, who make up the vast majority of their drivers and delivery people.