Court's Ruling Sides with Big Tech Over
Working People
WASHINGTON, July 29,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the California
Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Prop 22, a controversial ballot
initiative that allows "gig" companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash,
and Instacart to misclassify their workers as independent
contractors rather than employees, Teamsters General President
Sean M. O'Brien issued the following
statement.
"This ruling from the California Supreme Court is devastating
for the thousands of workers whose labor is responsible for the
successes of companies like Uber and Lyft. By allowing these greedy
Big Tech companies to misclassify their workers as independent
contractors, the Court gives them the go ahead to undermine U.S.
labor law and neglect their responsibilities to their workers.
"Whether you work for Uber, Lyft, or Amazon, you deserve
overtime pay, paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, and other
basic worker protections that come with employment. It is dishonest
and disrespectful that these multibillion-dollar corporations are
denying workers much-needed benefits so they can skip out on taxes
and make workers and taxpayers foot their bill.
"Prop 22 is an obvious example of how Big Tech companies will
spare no expense—in this case, more than $200 million—to bleed working people dry to pad
their own profits.
"Unfortunately, we know that companies like Uber and Lyft will
continue to push these brazen anti-worker initiatives nationwide.
In Massachusetts, these same Big
Tech firms want to write their own laws and dramatically expand
misclassification of workers throughout the Commonwealth. The
Teamsters absolutely will not stand for it.
"Despite the ruling in California, the Teamsters will continue to
fight Big Tech's crusade against the people who make them
profitable and ensure that workers everywhere have the protections
they deserve."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto
Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on
Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at
Facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202)
624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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