15-06-2019 00:35 via feedproxy.google.com

Uber and Lyft are trying to make an end-run around unionization (UBER, LYFT)

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft cofounders Logan Green and John Zimmer have written an op-ed in which they maintain that flexible employment is essential for their drivers.
The argument follows the passage of a bill in California's state Assembly that could, if passed by the state Senate and signed into law, reclassify ride-hailing drivers as employees rather than independent contractors.
Uber and Lyft can't afford a unionized workforce and argue that employment law should be changed, and th
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