Prop 22 was a ballot measure put forward by the major gig companies in california to overturn a b five, which made gig workers employees under state law. Prop 22 instead, cemented their contractor status and denied them the same rights as other workers. It's such an import point, especially when you think about how employers can naturally take advantage of these kind of different ways of classifying workers. And so i think at this point, now that we have that historical context, move on to prop 22, and the gig companies are doing in terms of their labor model, and how there are similarities between those two.
Paris Marx is joined by Veena Dubal to discuss how Proposition 22 and the contract status of gig workers is reminiscent of the United States’ history of racial wage codes, which codified lower wages for Black workers.
Veena Dubal is a Professor of Law at UC Hastings. Follow Veena on Twitter at @veenadubal. Go back to episode 10 (May 21, 2020) for Veena’s first appearance on the podcast.
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