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California Democrats are poised to pass landmark employment legislation over the objections of two of the companies that would be most affected: Silicon Valley ride-sharing giants Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc.
The bill already passed the State Assembly 59-15 and is expected to be voted on in the state Senate before the legislative session ends on Friday, possibly as soon as Monday night. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he would sign the bill, which intends to force companies that rely on “gig workers” to reclassify them as employees, likely upending the business model of those companies.
Uber and Lyft have spent much of the year pushing lawmakers to alter the bill or exempt them. That effort has failed against opposition from labor unions and a large Democratic majority in Sacramento. The companies have argued the bill would introduce new costs and logistical challenges that would be bad for them and many of their employees, who prefer job flexibility. If the measure becomes law, it is expected to have national repercussions given California’s economic importance and history of creating precedent-setting business regulations.
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Tuesday September 10 2019, @11:08PM
So why don't they seize the opportunity to branch into daily scheduled document, parcel and package delivery?
Seems to me that it's a way to solve the problem of declining newspaper revenue - after all, you have to get your product delivered every day to the same people in the same area.
Let local small retailers bypass Amazon's and the USPS infrastructure completely. And the newspaper companies at least appear to be less sketchy than bike couriers.
They run a distribution network that's up and running in the wee hours of the night, with delivery before the recipient goes to work in the morning. A lot better than having packages dropped off during the day when they can be stolen, or having to take time off to be home for it.
Get your meds, your newspapers, your tablets and smartphones and laptops delivered to your door overnight.
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