{"id":109544,"date":"2020-11-11T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lyft-ceo-says-controversial-prop-22-is-a-model-for-other-states\/"},"modified":"2020-11-11T02:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T23:05:00","slug":"lyft-ceo-says-controversial-prop-22-is-a-model-for-other-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lyft-ceo-says-controversial-prop-22-is-a-model-for-other-states\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lyft CEO says controversial Prop. 22 is a ‘model for other states’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Lyft CEO says controversial Prop. 22 is a ‘model for other states’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Well, you can’t say they didn’t warn us.<\/p>\n

In a third quarter earnings<\/a> call Tuesday afternoon, Lyft CEO Logan Green told listening investors and reporters that California’s controversial Prop. 22, which classifies app<\/a>-based workers as independent contractors and was passed by voters on Nov. 3, needn’t stop at the state line. In fact, Green insisted, looking “beyond California” the industry-led ballot measure “can provide a model for other states.”<\/p>\n

That might worry ride-sharing drivers in those other states. The proposition, which passed with roughly 58 percent<\/a> of the vote, was derided by drivers groups like Gig Workers Rising<\/a>. Driver advocates accused Prop. 22 of rendering California app-based workers ineligible for basic protections like paid sick leave, minimum wage, and health benefits required under California AB 5.<\/p>\n

“[Prop. 22] was a major victory for execs and investors, and a disaster for drivers,” writes Gig Workers Rising<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Green wasn’t the only Lyft executive on the phone call to champion Prop. 22. Lyft President John Zimmer wasted no time in singing the ballot measure’s praises.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I believe strongly that other states, as well as policy makers on the federal level, will see this as a watershed moment, and recognize that the model that voters backed in California makes sense,” \u00a0he said. “We look forward to continuing our conversations with policy makers at every level.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

In other words, with one win under their belts, Lyft executives see no reason not to push to remake the nation’s labor law in their own image.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Such innovators. https:\/\/t.co\/hFbcvmfejq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gig Workers Are Voting No On Prop 22 (@GigWorkersRise) November 10, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a>, another ride-sharing driver advocacy group, <\/a> will “grant Uber and Lyft exemptions from state laws that require them to provide drivers with fair wages, healthcare, sick leave, and other basic labor protections.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: <\/strong>Uber and Lyft-backed Prop. 22 passes in significant loss for many California gig drivers<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Politico<\/a>, Uber, Lyft, Postmates, Instacart and DoorDash spent approximately $203 million in support of Prop. 22’s passage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clearly, in the eyes of Green and Zimmer, that money was well spent.\u00a0
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