Editorial: California Legislature should drop latest attack on gig workers
The point of gig work is independence. You set your own hours. It can be a full-time job, or part-time to pay for unexpected bills. It also means avoiding the rigid structure and rules of jobs controlled by union membership and collective bargaining agreements.
Such stifling regulations could strike under Assembly Bill 1340, by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, called the Transportation Network Company Drivers Labor Relations Act. The TNC companies affected are Uber and Lyft. The bill