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Newsom Signs Bill to Unionize California’s 800,000 Rideshare Gig Workers: This Was the Plan All Along

October 4, 2025 8:50 amOctober 6, 2025 11:33 am

Governor Gavin Newsom Friday signed Assembly Bill 1340 by Democrat Assembly members Buffy Wicks and Marc Berman into law, “marking a historic milestone for California’s gig economy and the hundreds of thousands of drivers who power it,” Wicks and Berman...

California’s Rideshare Gig Workers: Unionization Was the Plan All Along

August 29, 2025 12:09 pmAugust 29, 2025 12:12 pm

California Governor Newsom, the Senate and Assembly “deliver landmark solutions in partnership with SEIU, Uber and Lyft that will provide a pathway to unionization for more than 800,000 workers and bring down the cost of rideshare services,” Democrats announced Friday....

California Supreme Court Ends Legal Snafu Over Gig Drivers – Upholds Prop. 22

July 26, 2024 10:53 amJuly 26, 2024 10:55 am

In November 2020, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 22, to exempt all rideshare drivers from being classified as employees. But labor unions and some drivers sued to halt the proposition. Thursday, California’s Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, allowing drivers at Uber,...

Emerging Healthcare Staffing Apps Face Legal Challenges in California and Across the Nation

March 30, 2023 6:07 pmMarch 30, 2023 6:16 pm

With the proliferation of app technology that can seamlessly link companies to workers and customers, more businesses than ever are reliant on the gig economy. In simple terms, this means that rather than hire full-time permanent employees, companies are outsourcing...

San Francisco Receives $5.25 Million Settlement From Instacart Over Gig Worker Labor Law Compliance

January 13, 2023 5:24 pm

City Attorney David Chiu and San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) director Patrick Mulligan announced on Thursday that the city of San Francisco will be receiving a $5.25 million settlement from grocery delivery company Instacart over not complying...

Labor Union, Rideshare Drivers Sue Over Proposition 22 Rideshare Driver Exemption Law

January 12, 2021 7:34 pm

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) on Tuesday, in conjunction with rideshare drivers and customers, filed a lawsuit in California’s Supreme Court against California’s new Proposition 22 rideshare driver law. Prop 22, which exempts all rideshare workers from being classified...

Government Unions, Tech Billionaires and California Ballot Propositions

December 16, 2020 2:12 amDecember 16, 2020 8:35 am

Californians voted on twelve state ballot propositions on November 3. On nine of these propositions, California’s government and private sector unions spent significant amounts of money, over a million in five cases, and over ten million in two cases. But of these...