AB 5 author @LorenaSGonzalez calls the potential measure part of California's "long history of Wall Street billionaires pumping a fortune into ballot measures to further erode the middle class." https://t.co/G8ppUwZAzB https://t.co/sizLX95h3E

— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) August 29, 2019

Looks like the California legislature will pass a new law requiring Uber & Lyft to treat their drivers as employees, not independent contractors.

Alarmed, Uber, Lyft & DoorDash have put together a $90 million campaign war chest to overturn such a law through a ballot initiative https://t.co/MmsyPMW2HU

— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) August 30, 2019

A California bill could soon force Uber and Lyft to treat their drivers like employees. But the 2 companies said that they will spend $60 million on a ballot initiative that would essentially exempt them from the proposed law. https://t.co/zqDrygiTcH

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 30, 2019

Has Kamala been asked what she thinks about her brother-in-law (Tony West) leading the fight against driver unionization? https://t.co/pqUbUkv29I

— Neal Kwatra (@nealkwatra) August 29, 2019

New: Uber & Lyft commit $60 million to fund a state-wide ballot initiative to keep treating their workers as contractors. This announcement comes a day after execs from both cos met w/ Gov. Newsom in part to discuss what they’re proposing as an alternative https://t.co/7AHIJpl3bb

— Johana Bhuiyan (@JMBooyah) August 29, 2019

I could not agree more. David Weil says that “people are really playing with fire...Creating carve-outs for this kind of model risks undermining the entire system of employment protections that we’ve had in places for decades.”#yesonab5 & NO to compromise https://t.co/6m4cwkhY8b

— Veena Dubal (@veenadubal) August 29, 2019

Updated: DoorDash is putting $30 million into a separate ballot measure campaign account, bring total gig firms committed today to $90 million https://t.co/G8ppUwZAzB Company says it's confident that if ballot measure is necessary, platform firms will unify behind a single one https://t.co/sizLX95h3E

— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) August 30, 2019

New: Uber & Lyft are each putting $30 million into a campaign account for a potential ballot measure that would ensure they can keep treating drivers as non-employees, in case they can't get a legislative deal https://t.co/G8ppUwZAzB Consultants are hired & language is drafted https://t.co/sGbhVwEf4X

— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) August 29, 2019

“Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are putting $60 million behind a potential ballot measure to ensure they don’t have to reclassify their California drivers as employees.” #AB5 update from ⁦@josheidelson⁩ https://t.co/CiR6brRjAh

— Rachel Cohen (@rmc031) August 29, 2019

Uber, Lyft and DoorDash are prepared to spend a collective $90 million on a ballot measure, vowing on Thursday to fight a California bill that would force their workers in the state to be treated as employees, rather than independent contractors.https://t.co/fVjDr7SDtZ

— Axios (@axios) August 30, 2019

Tech companies vow to spend $90M to keep drivers independent contractors https://t.co/wLoiu3rQ2Y

— #BlackWomenForBernie2020 (@LostDiva) August 30, 2019

Link for previous post: https://t.co/w1kBPPbbDp

— Harry Shearer (@theharryshearer) August 30, 2019

BREAKING NEWS: Uber, Lyft and DoorDash Pledge $90 Million to Fight Drivers Becoming Employees in California

Instead of hating and fighting drivers use the $90 Million to pay back all the fares you have stolen from drivers through upfront pricinghttps://t.co/tvdqxQ5sZP

— Rideshare Drivers Los Angeles (@drivers_la) August 30, 2019

Fuck the gig economy. They could've also spent this money on, I dunno, their drivers? https://t.co/Yx0Bswaih4

— Maybe.of(Steven) ?️‍? (@stevendotjs) August 30, 2019

Late capitalism! A bill in California’s Legislature could soon force ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to treat their drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, so Uber, Lyft and DoorDash pledge $90 Million to fight this legislation https://t.co/M3ql5rLS5n

— Robert Went (@went1955) August 30, 2019

Damn. Uber and Lyft really don't want their drivers to be employees https://t.co/WWnY4kJyMv

— mrd (@meganrosedickey) August 29, 2019

https://t.co/UZqIAJU5jN via @NYTimes. The shared mobility labor war, begun it has.

— Walter McLeod (@walterLmcleod) August 30, 2019

When companies join to suppress labor costs isn't that antitrust violations?
Legally independent contractors cannot organize a union, but these companies can join to suppress cost of labor. Something definitely wrong with this picture. https://t.co/xZ8g3ZFLZq

— Sebastián Patron (@SebastinPatron3) August 30, 2019

Check it. Uber and Lyft are putting $60 million toward keeping drivers independent contractors https://t.co/26tkxzLNpN via @techcrunch #tech #digital #data #business pic.twitter.com/yVQ07ls0dz

— Kohei Kurihara Blockchain CMO (@kuriharan) August 30, 2019

Uber and Lyft are putting $60 million toward keeping drivers independent contractors – TechCrunch https://t.co/fbnB9WtOxG pic.twitter.com/ukaObEaU7l

— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) August 30, 2019

A California Bill Has Uber and Lyft Running Scared | WIRED https://t.co/1fz5RRxmjM

— ReggieVaitz (@ReggieVaitz) August 31, 2019

A proposed bill in California would require Uber to treat its drivers as employees (and thus be liable for social contributions and other protections like minimum wage). Let's see! Vote expected mid-Sept. https://t.co/1pNVG6oEWn

— Anna Milanez (@anna_milanez) August 30, 2019