The gig economy’s dark-money, astroturf “community groups”

Uber and Lyft spent their way into a rep for racial justice.

Cory Doctorow

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A slab of astroturf sprouting a sign reading ‘Uber.’

When CA’s Proposition 22 passed in 2020, it killed the right of gig workers to unionize and it permanently enshrined the practice of worker misclassification: pretending employees are independent contractors, not entitled to health care, overtime, pensions or basic…

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