Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash may have finally won the Prop 22 gig worker battle

While Proposition 22 guarantees workers Some protectionSuch as 120 percent of the local minimum wage for each hour spent driving, health insurance stipends, and reimbursement for job-related injuries, it’s a far cry from the full range of benefits that Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and other services would provide if workers were classified as employees.

Uber, LiftAnd DoorDash All have issued responses in support of the court’s decision. “From the moment it became law, Proposition 22 has been working for the millions of drivers and couriers who earn on platforms like ours,” Uber wrote in a post on its website. “Uber alone has benefited more than 100 million people $1 billion In direct profit till today.”

Opponents of Proposition 22 are disappointed by the outcome. “We are extremely disappointed that the state Supreme Court has allowed tech corporations to opt out of basic labor laws while also making Proposition 22 inconsistent with our state’s Constitution,” Lorena Gonzalez, president of the California Federation of Labor Unions, said in a statement. statement posted online“These companies have upended our social contract, forcing workers and the general public to bear the risks posed by this work while they reap the profits.”

Other places, such as Massachusetts, MinneapolisAnd New York CityThe U.S. has instituted some protections for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash drivers, but they are still classified as contractors.