CA Proposition 22: Big Tech v. Gig Worker Rights

When Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Instacart, and Postmates have contributed over $180m on trying to get a ballot initiative passed that "gives workers freedoms and protections", one has to wonder what they're really after...

In this week's 51/49 "Corporate Rot" segment, James examines California Proposition 22, the most expensive ballot measure in history, which aims to exempt app-based companies from CA Assembly Bill 5 (which created the presumption that a worker is an employee, rather than an independent contractor), and consider app-based drivers to be independent contractors and not employees or agents.

Specifically, James a) will explain what is Prop. 22 and why it’s important, b) talk about the big money interests backing the initiative and some shady things that are happening behind the scenes (harassing a law professor from UC Hastings School of Law), and c) address how this relates to a really important discussion on how people in power, it could be companies, it could be our political leaders, but how they constantly frame issues in a misleading way to present a false narrative to people in an attempt to get them to act against their own best interests.

0:00 Introduction
1:04 What is Prop. 22?
2:51 Big Tech Pouring Millions in Support of Prop. 22
4:09 The Harassment of UC Hastings Law Professor Veela Dubal
5:00 A False Dilemma

#CAProp22 #NoOnProp22

51/49 with James Li - Commentary on business, politics, and the other things (from an independent perspective)

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