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'They're going to try to do here what they did in California': A potential gig worker ballot fight is looming in Massachusetts


They’re going to try to do here what they did in California : A potential gig worker ballot fight is looming in Massachusetts
Boston.com
11 hrs ago
Nik DeCosta-Klipa
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FILE A car bears the signage of the Uber and Lyft ride-sharing services in New York on Dec. 5, 2019. A group of Uber and Lyft drivers, along with an advocacy group called the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, have filed a complaint in federal court against Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and the state’s Department of Labor, saying the state illegally failed to pay unemployment benefits to drivers in a timely way. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times) ....

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A potential 2022 gig worker ballot fight is looming in Massachusetts


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Last fall, California voters approved a ballot measure exempting workers for companies like Uber and Lyft from a state law requiring drivers to be classified as employees and thus guaranteeing them minimum pay and benefits.
Now, advocates think Massachusetts is about to become the next battleground.
“They’re going to try to do here what they did in California with Prop 22, which is buy themselves the law that they like,” attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan said during a press conference Tuesday organized by the labor-backed Coalition to Protect Workers’ Rights.
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The group is anticipating a $100 million 2022 ballot campaign (primarily backed by Uber and Lyft) to change Massachusetts law to allow ride-hailing drivers and potentially other workers to be classified as “independent contractors.” ....

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