EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris Is Backing a Bill Giving Uber, Lyft, Postmates Workers New Rights

[TomCADem]

This won't matter to Susan Sarandon. She will still hate her.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kv9b/exclusive-kamala-harris-is-backing-a-bill-giving-uber-lyft-postmates-workers-new-rights

Kamala Harris is backing a landmark California labor bill that could upend the gig economy and hand workers significantly more rights, a stand that's at odds with her own brother-in-law as well as a top campaign adviser who also works for Uber.

Harris's campaign tells VICE News that she supports a bill working its way through her state’s legislature that would codify a California Supreme Court ruling that could force gig economy companies like Uber, Lyft, Doordash and Postmates to give their workers more rights and higher pay.

That 2018 court ruling, known as Dynamex, put the onus on companies to prove their workers aren't employees rather than independent contractors who have far fewer legal rights. The pending legislation, AB5, defines which industries are exempt from that ruling. Gig companies like Uber aren’t included, meaning they may have to dramatically change how they compensate their workers, and what legal rights and protections those workers have.

Among them: minimum wage, overtime pay, and a right to unionize.

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1. interesting, considering her family ties to Uber

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