Contractor Rights
Gig economy worker classification and contractor treatment
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Supported
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Opposed
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Mixed
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Silent
All Stances (10)
Co-funded $200M Prop 22 campaign with Uber. Threatened to leave California if AB5 applied. Settled Massachusetts AG suit for $25M in 2024. Drivers lack healthcare, paid leave, unemployment. Company profitable partly due to contractor model.
Shoppers are contractors, no benefits. Fought classification as employees. Gig economy model.
Meta content moderators as contractors. Outsourced traumatic work. Better than some peers.
Google TVC (temps, vendors, contractors) controversial. Two-tier workforce. Some improvements.
Amazon delivery drivers as contractors. Flex program. DSP model. No benefits for many drivers.
Scale AI global data labeling contractors. Low pay in developing countries. AI training workforce.
OpenAI RLHF contractors. Kenyan workers paid poorly for harmful content review. Outsourced labor.
Spent $200M+ on California Prop 22 to keep drivers as contractors. UK Supreme Court ruled drivers are workers (2021). Multiple US/EU lawsuits over benefits denial. Business model depends on avoiding employee classification costs.
Major Prop 22 funder ($50M+). Sued in multiple states over dasher classification. Settled $2.5M FTC complaint over tip theft (2020). Dashers earn below minimum wage after expenses according to studies. No benefits despite $150B+ deliveries.
Co-funded $200M Prop 22. Fights driver reclassification globally. Drivers lack benefits and protections. Exploits gig economy loopholes.