# California voters decide Uber and Lyft drivers are ‘contractors’ as gig workers continue search for a livable wage

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/california-voters-decide-uber-and-lyft-drivers-are-contractors-as-gig-workers-continue-search-for-a-livable-wage-2/
- Published: 2020-11-08T09:30:49-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Lyft and Uber had threatened to leave California if forced to make their drivers employees. Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. Article by Juliet B. Schor. Uber, TaskRabbit and other ride-hailing and delivery service companies in California can keep classifying their workers as independent contractors rather than employees after California voters approved a measure known as Proposition 22, according to the state’s still-unofficial tally . The fundamental question of whether Uber drivers and similar workers […] Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com