Vons, Pavilions to Replace Drivers with Independent Contractors
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Re: Vons, Pavilions to Replace Drivers with Independent Contractors
#2If only there had been a way for California to protect its workers...
but on a serious note- union?
Re: Vons, Pavilions to Replace Drivers with Independent Contractors
#3And that is why you should read the text of the laws that you vote for.
Re: Vons, Pavilions to Replace Drivers with Independent Contractors
#4For those who maybe clicked through to the comments before reading or didn't make it several paragraphs into the article, this is a direct result of Prop 22 which was passed on the backs of a nearly $200m campaign by Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare companies. This is one of the exact results predicted by opponents of Prop 22. Also there is basically no way for Prop 22 to be amended or repealed through the state legislature. These companies effectively bought a law and are already repeating the benefits at the expense of the workers of California. Expect other industries to follow this path in coming elections.
Re: Vons, Pavilions to Replace Drivers with Independent Contractors
#5If only there had been a way for California to protect its workers... but on a serious note- union?
Did you read the article? It is a union shop dropping all their union workers in exchange for contractors.
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#6And that is why you should read the text of the laws that you vote for.
California voters seem happy to keep voting themselves destructive legislation regardless of long term consequences. Vote with your feet.
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#7And that is why you should read the text of the laws that you vote for.
California voters seem happy to keep voting themselves destructive legislation regardless of long term consequences. Vote with your feet.
But remember when you “vote with your feet” that you are a refugee not a missionary.
Dont vote for the same things that made you left on your new place!
Re: Vons, Pavilions to Replace Drivers with Independent Contractors
#8This of course has led to a lot of 'I told you so!' and finger-wagging that voters were too stupid, and shouldn't be allowed to have the initiative system because they're too easily manipulated.
Prop 22 wasn't unclear. The voters knew what they were voting for, which was to keep the status quo with regard to gig economy jobs, and roll back the broad, messy legislation that the state legislature had enacted.
Had Prod 22 not passed, jobs would've been lost in other areas. The small fraction of 'full-time' gig workers would've come out ahead. The much larger majority of part-time gig workers would've lost their side job. Overall, in the end Prop 22 was a wash. We can't paper over our lack of viable careers by creating low-skilled jobs that pay the same as jobs requiring a college education. There is no free lunch.
Re: Vons, Pavilions to Replace Drivers with Independent Contractors
#9And that is why you should read the text of the laws that you vote for.
Or we should make it so companies can't write an unrepealable law and then dump hundreds of millions of dollars into a disinformation campaign to get it passed.
Both are probably wishful thinking though.
Re: Vons, Pavilions to Replace Drivers with Independent Contractors
#10And that is why you should read the text of the laws that you vote for.
Or we should make it so companies can't write an unrepealable law and then dump hundreds of millions of dollars into a disinformation campaign to get it passed. Both are probably wishful thinking though.
It's repealable the same way it was passed: by popular vote.