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CA friends: Here's my case for #YesOnProp22. Last year, I founded @cafwu. My colleagues spent the last year fighting for CA journalists+writers to fix AB5 and remain self-employed. We were successful in creating a legislative bandaid. But there's more work to be done.
. @CAFWU and I personally stand with anyone who wants to remain an independent contractor.
A few facts to consider:
*Overwhelming (4-to-1), rideshare drivers want to remain independent contractors. They don't want to or need to be full-time employees.
A few facts to consider:
*Overwhelming (4-to-1), rideshare drivers want to remain independent contractors. They don't want to or need to be full-time employees.
*Benefits don't have to and should not exclusively be attached to traditional W-2 employment. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/opinion/uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-gig-workers-deserve-better.html
*A Pew Research Center report found that self-employed Americans and the people working for them together accounted for 30% of the nation’s workforce, or 44 million jobs in total in 2014. https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/10/22/three-in-ten-u-s-jobs-are-held-by-the-self-employed-and-the-workers-they-hire/
Self-employment is a more attractive and realistic option for women, parents, disabled, LGBTQ, POC, people who want to work across companies/from home/however and whenever they like, and lots of people who would like an insurance policy against losing all of their income at once.
Don't like that @Uber + @lyft are attempting to legislate with $? There's more to it than greedy Silicon Valley cos vs. the little guy. Those on the other side of this issue are flexing the power of their pocketbooks + have financial stake in No on 22 too. https://reason.com/2020/07/05/i-dont-want-to-be-anybodys-employee/
TLDR; support Californians (and ultimately, Americans) being able to work the way they please? Then please vote #YesOnProp22.
P.S. Here's another great piece from the @sfchronicle: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Don-t-stifle-the-gig-economy-vote-15561442.php
P.S. Here's another great piece from the @sfchronicle: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Don-t-stifle-the-gig-economy-vote-15561442.php
