Sam Parr  ⚪️

The brutal consequences of Lyft and Ubers business model were made clear during this pandemic—w no benefits, min wage, unemployment insurance, sick pay, or adequate PPE—workers were at risk and taxpayers had to step in and pay for these benefits. It’s unfair, wrong and dangerous.

Earlier this year we held hearing, conducted survey of drivers—results showed exploitation, lack of PPE, dangerous conditions, brutally long hours, a lack of protection and benefits, little to no regulation, fueling economic inequality. Stand with @GigWorkersRise #NoOnProp22

I represent the HQs of @Uber and @lyft. I believe they can grow and thrive here. But they should follow the law. Period. All their employees, whether engineers or drivers, deserve worker’s compensation, unemployment benefits like all workers, not a 100 million dollar PR campaign.

I represent many Lyft and Uber workers—whether engineers, sales, HR, tech, or drivers—I stand with them and their rights to fair compensation, fair treatment, protection, and benefits. We aren’t against Lyft or Uber employees in any way, we are FOR them, ALL OF THEM. #NoOnProp22

you represent many uber and lyft drivers. did you actually TALK to any of them? they don't want to be uber/lyft employees. they want to freelancer for uber AND lyft in order to supplement their income. switching between the apps as they wish throughout the day.

They can still "switch between the apps" as employees. They can still have flexible work schedules. Employment doesn't preclude any of those things. Those are straw man arguments.

I wish that Uber had gone ahead with switching off their app in CA anyway, just so you could have seen how the majority of the city: passengers AND drivers really feel about this. focus on the REAL problems that SF has, which are causing everyone to leave

Thanks for the advice. Very focused on the real problems, which would include the massive inequality and vulnerability of people who work in gig economy, during a plague, many of whom live in my district and all of whom interact with people in my district.