Gig Companies Like Uber Are Now Lobbying to Change Labor Laws Nationwide

Prop 22 was only the beginning

Sarah Emerson
OneZero
Published in
5 min readNov 23, 2020

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Photo illustration; sources: JOSH EDELSON, FREDERIC J. BROWN, peepo/Getty Images

Earlier this month, a confident Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive of Uber, told investors that Proposition 22 was only the beginning. The contentious ballot measure, which was voted into law by millions of Californians this month, allows Uber and Lyft to subvert a new state labor law that…

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Sarah Emerson
OneZero

Staff writer at OneZero covering social platforms, internet communities, and the spread of misinformation online. Previously: VICE