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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Antiwork@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

California companies wrote their own gig worker law. Now no one is enforcing it

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California companies wrote their own gig worker law. Now no one is enforcing it

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Antiwork@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for gig workers from firms like Uber and Instacart. But California isn’t enforcing it.
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  • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
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    Uber’s chief lawyer was one of the masterminds to screw over the workers with Prop 22…

    Kamala Harris’ brother-in-law is the public face of Uber’s fight with labor. It’s awkward

    https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-12/kamala-harris-uber-family-campaign-drivers-labor

    Gets paid millions to make sure Uber doesn’t have to pay a livable wage…

    Uber’s Top Lawyer Gets $10 Million in Pay After Profitable Year 2023

    https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/ubers-top-lawyer-gets-10-million-in-pay-after-profitable-year

    And now is a Harris campaign advisor…

    Uber Legal Chief Tony West to Take Leave for Harris Campaign

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-legal-chief-tony-west-212629649.html

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      Feigning representation of the working class is liable to get awkward.

      • pdxfed@lemmy.world
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        Has been working for the Democrats for 30+ years…

        • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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          And the Democrats have been feigning representation of the working class for the last 30 years.
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation_(politics)

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            That’s what I just said?

            • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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              Oh, I thought you meant that Harris has been working for the Democrats…

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                Fair!

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      What is it they say about birds of a feather?

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