22 min

How the Gig Economy Won in California What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

    • Technology

Companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have always argued that their workers are independent contractors, not employees. This distinction has been crucial in their rise from startups to multi-billion-dollar companies.

On Tuesday, Californians sided with these companies by approving Prop 22, a ballot measure that enshrines workers’ non-employee status. Why did progressive Californians side with Big Tech? And will the rest of the country follow California’s lead?


Guest: Sam Harnett, Tech and Labor reporter at KQED

Host
Lizzie O’Leary
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Companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have always argued that their workers are independent contractors, not employees. This distinction has been crucial in their rise from startups to multi-billion-dollar companies.

On Tuesday, Californians sided with these companies by approving Prop 22, a ballot measure that enshrines workers’ non-employee status. Why did progressive Californians side with Big Tech? And will the rest of the country follow California’s lead?


Guest: Sam Harnett, Tech and Labor reporter at KQED

Host
Lizzie O’Leary
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 min

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