Big tech sees the successful and expensive ballot initiative as a huge win, but it may be the opening skirmish in a larger fight over gig worker rights While the full impact of the 2020 election is just beginning to […]
Big tech sees the successful and expensive ballot initiative as a huge win, but it may be the opening skirmish in a larger fight over gig worker rights While the full impact of the 2020 election is just beginning to […]
For the millions of Californians who have come to rely on ride-hailing services, these are tumultuous times. Last month, the two dominant ridesharing services – Uber and Lyft – came perilously close to halting operations throughout California as the result […]
On Monday, August 10th, California Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman ruled against Uber and Lyft, granting a preliminary injunction that would require the TNCs to reclassify their drivers as employees. The order will go into effect on August 20th, if […]
While TNCs have been fighting the State of California over AB5 and how workers are classified, a related battle has also been brewing on the East Coast. In a win for gig economy workers, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday […]
CoMotion LIVE convened on Wednesday, July 15th for Golden State or Problem State? What’s Next for Uber in California, featuring UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs’ Professor of Urban Planning Michael Manville, Uber’s Head of Global Policy for Public Transportation, […]
Few industries have been as hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic as ridesharing. With people staying indoors, demand has plummeted; while drivers, almost always classified as independent contractors, are largely unable to claim unemployment benefits. While a surge in delivery […]
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin filed suit against DoorDash on Tuesday, claiming that the company illegally misclassified its employees as independent contractors. Reminiscent of the battle playing out between the state of California and ridesharing companies like Uber and […]
The world of mobility’s really heating up, especially now that we’re almost two weeks away from CoMotion MIAMI LIVE! The past week saw Uber lose out to Just Eat Takeaway in the battle for Grubhub, good news for mass transit, as French and Japanese […]
The ongoing saga continues: the Golden State struck a powerful blow in the fight that’s pitted TNCs like Uber and Lyft against California Assembly Bill 5. The battle over AB5 stems from the rideshare giants’ classification of their drivers as […]