Episode 403: Talking Prop 22, App-Based Drivers, and Labor

29/10/2020 21 min Temporada 4 Episodio 3
Episode 403: Talking Prop 22, App-Based Drivers, and Labor

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  On November 3rd, California voters will decide on Proposition 22. The Proposition aims to allow app-based drivers to maintain their status as Independent Contractors by carving out a special exception to Assembly Bill 5. We talk to Goldman Alumna Rebecca Stack-Martinez and the Chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center Ken Jacobs about the implications of Prop 22 on labor and the influence of money on the most expensive ballot initiative in California's History. Gig Workers Rising Report- "The Uber/Lyft Ballot Initiative Guarantees only $5.64 an Hour," Ken Jacobs and Michael Reich, UC Berkeley Labor Center See show notes and full transcript here: https://gspp.berkeley.edu/research-and-impact/news/podcast/episode-403-talking-prop-22-app-based-drivers-and-labor