As a product manager who worked for Uber for 5 years and lives in California:
You should vote NO on proposition 22
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_22 …
The current law isn’t perfect, but we don’t solve that by giving these big companies a permanent labor regulation exception.
There are many things wrong with labor regulation in this country. For one, health insurance should not be tied to a job. But it’s the system we have and we shouldn’t lock in an exemption for a particularly disruptive industry
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Yes, I'm glad that 22 does require companies to pay for gig workers' healthcare. There's a lot of flat-out misinformation out there about what is in 22 (including in Li & Kurtis's posts), which is upsetting.
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If you're interested in some of the philosophical arguments on what flex work should look like, read this. Uber advocates that governments require gig companies to deposit funds into a "benefits fund", on an hourly basis (pg12): https://ubernewsroomapi.10upcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Working-Together-Priorities.pdf …
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