Court rules California gig worker initiative is unconstitutional

[FreeState]

Hoping this ruling is upheld - Uber and Lyft are stealing from tax payers and not paying their employees a full wage (benefits).

A California judge on Friday ruled that a 2020 ballot measure that exempted ride-share and food delivery drivers from a state labor law is unconstitutional as it infringed on the legislature's power to set standards at the workplace.

Proposition 22 is unconstitutional as "it limits the power of a future Legislature to define app-based drivers as workers subject to workers' compensation law", which makes the entire ballot measure "unenforceable", Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch wrote in the ruling.


Gig economy companies including Uber, Lyft, Doordash and Instacart were pushing to keep drivers' independent contractor status, albeit with additional benefits.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/21/proposition-22-court-rules-california-ride-hailing-law-unconstitutional.html

[Zeitghost]

1. Isn't the entire point of an initiative

To bypass the legislature? It seems to me that this would nullify just about anything passed directly by the voters.

[FreeState]

2. This is a better explication

This article is better at quoting the ruling:

The judge’s order found that Section 7451 of the measure is unconstitutional because it “defines unrelated legislation an ‘amendment’” to the measure, making the entire measure unenforceable. The section states that any future laws related to collective bargaining for app drivers must comply with the rest of Prop. 22, which violated the requirement that ballot measures focus on a single subject, Roesch ruled.

“It appears only to protect the economic interest of the network companies in having a divided, ununionized workforce, which is not a stated goal of the legislation,” he wrote.

The measure also requires a seven-eighths vote of approval to pass any amendments in the state Legislature, which is unconstitutional, Roesch ruled.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/Prop-22-the-gig-worker-exemption-for-Uber-and-16401915.php

[Sewa]

3. Thank you, that last paragraph is eye opening

And some Dems voted for this Prop 22 bullshit. Shameful 💀😎

[FreeState]

4. Your welcome

I was amazed how many people fell for propaganda from the companies.