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DESCRIPTION:Uber and Lyft drivers with advocacy groups We Drive Progress, Gig Workers 
 Rising, and Rideshare Drivers United will rally and distribute PPE outside 
 Uber HQ on Thursday as part of a statewide day of action. Drivers are 
 demanding that Uber and Lyft follow California law granting drivers’ 
 basic employee rights and to denounce the corporations’ efforts to avoid 
 their responsibilities to workers. They will also spread the word about the 
 dangers of Uber’s ballot initiative, Proposition 22.\n\nDrivers also 
 intend to display a giant, 8 ft inflatable baby outside of Uber HQ to 
 highlight how these ultra-wealthy corporations and their CEOs are choosing 
 to act like petulant children, threatening to “take their ball and go 
 home” if they don’t get their way, rather than follow the law and 
 guarantee drivers can survive the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nUber and Lyft both 
 recently threatened to halt service in California after a judge ruled that 
 the ride-hailing companies must immediately follow state law and classify 
 their drivers as employees. The court’s ruling would force Uber and Lyft 
 to ensure drivers are paid minimum wage and have access to health insurance 
 and paid sick leave.\n\nInstead of complying with the law, Uber and Lyft 
 have promised to spend $30 million each to pass Proposition 22, a measure 
 on the November ballot that would exempt the rideshare corporations from 
 basic labor laws other employers are bound to in the state. \n\nWHO: Uber, 
 Lyft, other rideshare drivers with We Drive Progress, Gig Workers Rising, 
 and Rideshare Drivers United\n\nWHAT: Rally and PPE distribution at Uber 
 HQ\n\nWHEN: Thursday, August 20 at 12:00 p.m. PDT\n\nWHERE: 1455 Market St 
 San Francisco, CA 94103\n\nVISUALS: Giant inflatable baby, car caravan with 
 decorated automobiles, honking, chanting, drivers with signs, distribution 
 of PPE\n\nCalifornia Attorney General sues Uber & Lyft, claiming 
 “American taxpayers end up having to help carry the load that Uber and 
 Lyft don’t want to accept.”\n\nIn May, the California Attorney general 
 filed a lawsuit against Uber and Lyft alleging that both companies continue 
 to misclassify California drivers as independent contractors in violation 
 of California law, AB 5. Uber and Lyft’s misclassification of workers 
 deprives drivers of basic workplace protections including unemployment, 
 paid sick leave, and livable wages. \n\nUber, Lyft Shift Costs to 
 Taxpayers\n\nUber and Lyft’s misclassification of workers deprives 
 drivers of basic workplace protections, including unemployment, paid sick 
 leave, and livable wages. A report from the UC Berkeley Labor Center found 
 that if the companies treated drivers as employees, they would have paid 
 $413 million into the state’s unemployment insurance between 2014 and 
 2019, funds California desperately needs. \n\nCalifornia Regulators Affirm 
 Uber and Lyft Drivers are Employees\n\nIn another blow to Uber and Lyft, 
 the California Public Utilities Commission, the state entity that regulates 
 rideshare companies, issued a memo on June 9, restating that rideshare 
 drivers are the companies’ employees if they meet the ABC test under 
 AB5.\n\nA Ballot Initiative Written for and by Rideshare Companies\n\nProp 
 22 is being paid for and put on the ballot by Uber, Lyft, and Doordash. If 
 passed this November, it would rewrite California labor laws in favor of 
 these corporations and against gig drivers. As the pandemic surges and the 
 economy worsens, the Uber initiative would permanently strip workers their 
 fundamental rights, including overtime pay, paid family leave, sick days, 
 affordable health insurance, access to unemployment insurance/a safety net, 
 and protections from getting fired for reporting harassment, 
 discrimination, or wage theft.\n\nProp 22 would make it nearly impossible 
 for California lawmakers and local governments to strengthen worker 
 protections and our rights - no matter what. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/19/18836001.php
SUMMARY:Rideshare Drivers to Protest Across CA as Uber, Lyft Threaten to Abandon Drivers
LOCATION:1455 Market St San Francisco, CA 94103
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/19/18836001.php
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