A New Lawsuit Seeks to Overturn a Measure that Denies Protections for Food Delivery Workers
The suit argues that just because voters approve something doesn’t mean it’s legal
Share this story
Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A lawsuit filed Tuesday, January 12, seeks to roll back the damage a well-funded, voter-approved measure has done to the rights of food delivery and ride-hail drivers in California. According to the suit, Proposition 22 the $218 million ballot measure from Doordash, Postmates, Instacart, and Uber that asserted that the tech companies shouldn’t be required to provide their drivers with the same worker protections required for every other employer in the state violates the state Constitution, and despite its approval by voters, it should be overturned.
Drivers for app-based ride-hailing and delivery services filed a lawsuit to overturn Proposition 22, which makes them independent contractors instead of employees eligible for benefits and job protections.
A group of Lyft and Uber drivers sued Tuesday to overturn the recent California ballot initiative that makes them independent contractors instead of potential employees eligible for benefits.
Drivers for Uber, Lyft sue over California Prop. 22
By Brian Melley
Uber and Lyft application logos. (Ali Balikci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
The lawsuit filed with the California Supreme Court said Proposition 22 is unconstitutional because it limits the power of the Legislature to grant workers the right to organize and excludes drivers from being eligible for workers’ compensation.
The measure, which was passed in November with 58% support, was the most expensive in state history with Uber, Lyft and other services pouring $200 million in support of it. Labor unions, who joined drivers in the lawsuit, spent about $20 million to challenge it.
Drivers and labor union seek to overturn new California Prop 22 law
The fight over the future of gig economy work in California isn t over.A labor union and a group of gig workers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging.
Posted: Jan 12, 2021 4:05 PM
Posted By: CNN
The fight over the future of gig economy work in California isn t over.
A labor union and a group of gig workers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging Proposition 22, or Prop 22, the controversial California ballot measure passed by voters in November that exempts firms like Uber and Lyft from having to classify their drivers in the state as employees rather than independent contractors.