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California voters decide Uber and Lyft drivers are 'contractors' as gig workers continue search for a livable wage

  • Written by Juliet B. Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College
imageProposition 22 reverses a 2019 state law.AP Photo/Richard Vogel

Uber, TaskRabbit and other ride-hailing and delivery service companies in California can keep classifying their workers as independent contractors rather than employees after California voters approved a measure known as Proposition 22, according to the state’s still-unofficial...

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