Well, if drivers were considered employees, then they'd be protected from their employer retaliating against them for political activity: > But two sections of

Well, if drivers were considered employees, then they'd be protected from their employer retaliating against them for political activity: > But two sections of the California Labor Code (sections 1101 and 1102) specify that private employers may not do any of the following: > > 1. Make, adopt or enforce any rule or policy forbidding or preventing employees from engaging or participating in politics or running for public office; > 2. Make, adopt or enforce any rule or policy that tends to control or direct the political activities or affiliations of employees;5 or > 3. Use the threat of job loss to coerce, influence or attempt to coerce or influence employees to take or refrain from taking any particular course of political activity.6 https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/labor/harassment/political-retaliation https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/labor/harassment/political-reta... Good thing we passed a law that forces Uber/Lyft to treat their drivers as employees.