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LA Times makes a good case that this is simply the wrong solution to that problem https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-23/proposition-22-uber-lyft-door

• thatswrong0 6y ago
  From the article: > Rather than accepting the bad bargain Proposition 22 presents, voters should demand a better, broader answer from Sacramento. IMO, while that's in principle a decent idea, that's not really a great alternative practically speaking. We're supposed to just hope something different happens in the legislature, and in the mean time, we'll see diminished service and many drivers will be out of work / lose the flexibility of setting their own hours?
• nwallin 6y ago
  I agree that Prop 22 is not a perfect solution. But I think Prop 22 is a better solution than AB5. If independent contractor work is insufficiently protected, then independent contractors should be given better protections. Gig workers need the flexibility to open up the Lyft, Uber, Doordash, and Instacart apps all at the same time. They need the flexibility to refuse a fare for any reason. They need the flexibility to work whatever hours they want. I don't see how to build that flexibility into the rigid structure enforced by the employer-employee relationship. Trying to 9-to-5-ify gig workers doesn't make any sense to me.