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In stark terms, that’s because the shift to part-time work with minimal employer-provided benefits has taken money out of the pockets of rank-and-file workers and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11944344/no-reward-for-loyalty-gig-companies-winning-fight-to-classify-drivers-as-independent\">shifted it to the pockets of executives and investors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher has said as much in her speeches. “What’s happening to us is happening across all fields of labor … Employers make Wall Street and greed their priority and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run,” she said announcing the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch: Fran Drescher delivers fiery speech on SAG-AFTRA strike\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/J4SAPOX7R5M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBFcFWZ4hPs\">Netflix earnings call\u003c/a> last week, co-CEO Ted Sarandos was careful to note he was raised in a union household before he echoed the party line put forward by the AMPTP. “We’re super committed to getting to an agreement as soon as possible, one that’s equitable, and one that enables the industry and everybody in it, to move forward into the future,” he said.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Paola Tapia-Limón, member, Writers Guild of America\"]‘There’s always greed … people wanting to make the best products with the least amount of money. But … at least those people respected the art form. The tech companies, they don’t care. It’s just money to them.’[/pullquote]Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/netflix-executive-compensation-2022-reed-hastings-ted-sarandos-1235591184/\">Sarandos made $50 million\u003c/a>. That’s not nearly as much as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/05/heres-how-much-the-10-highest-paid-us-ceos-earn.html\">highest-paid CEOs in the U.S.\u003c/a>, but the storyline of executives making billions while rank-and-file creatives suffer sticks in the craw of Writers Guild of America member Paola Tapia-Limón of Los Angeles. The WGA has been on strike since early May. “My last episode aired a while ago, and I did get residuals. But it’s still a ridiculous amount,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even during what’s been called the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/14/23507793/streaming-wars-hbo-max-netflix-ads-residuals-warrior-nun\">golden age\u003c/a>” of streaming TV, with the rise of the writer-producer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wgacontract2023.org/updates/bulletins/writers-are-not-keeping-up\">compensation for most writers has stagnated\u003c/a>, according to the WGA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that this has been happening just as Hollywood finally began to diversify in a meaningful way, allowing people like Tapia-Limón to build a middle-class career. “The thought of leaving the industry has definitely crossed my mind in my darkest moments. I’m not going to lie. But I also worked really hard to get here. It’s been over a decade, and I’m a little stubborn,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s different about this struggle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/past-hollywood-strikes-62de005f62e38dd09b38cd591ea26123\">Hollywood producers have played hardball\u003c/a> in every labor conflict for more than a century. Tapia-Limón knows “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/business/nightcap-hollywood-accounting-strike/index.html\">fuzzy accounting\u003c/a>” in this business predates the entry of Big Tech. But, Tapia-Limón says, for deep-pocketed companies like Apple and Amazon, entertainment is just one of many things they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s always greed … people wanting to make the best products with the least amount of money. But … at least those people respected the art form. The tech companies, they don’t care. It’s just money to them,” Tapia-Limón said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956195\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"An African American woman holds a SAG-AFTRA on STRIKE sign with protestors behind her holding the same signs.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956195\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c-160x120.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAG-AFTRA member Harley Ford of Vallejo at the rally in Los Gatos on Thursday. Ford said she’s ready for a long fight, because she believes this conflict is existential for humans, in yet another industry moving to replace as many as possible with artificial intelligence. ‘I mean, we get it. It’s here to stay. But let us bring the characters to life. Let an actual human do that,’ she said. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s sociopathic. It doesn’t make any sense to me. We’re not asking for them to give up their billions,” said Jorge Rivera, vice chair of the Latinx Writers Committee for WGA West. But he added he thinks it’s a mistake to demonize Big Tech alone. Wall Street, he said, and its demand for exponential growth is also playing a major part in the economic disruption of Hollywood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t just make a profit. You’ve got to grow that profit every year, and I don’t think that is a sustainable model for entertainment. Yeah, we can make billions a year, but can we multiply that by 100 every year? I don’t think so. That’s what they want,” Rivera said. This is in an era when \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/07/20/1188952468/is-the-tv-film-industry-collapsing-or-just-reshaping-itself-for-the-future\">people spend more time and money\u003c/a> on video games than movies, and more time watching YouTube than any TV network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what happens next? By many accounts: artificial intelligence. Many writers and actors told KQED they fear they have a limited time before the big companies figure out how to minimize the human contributions to entertainment. The humans figure this is the last time they’ll be in a position to negotiate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Hollywood strikes this time are different from those of the past, and not just because the technology has changed: Silicon Valley has taken over Hollywood, and Big Tech has an established anti-union bent.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1690306055,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":1120},"headData":{"title":"'It's Now or Never': Writers and Actors See Conflict With Big Tech as Existential | KQED","description":"The Hollywood strikes this time are different from those of the past, and not just because the technology has changed: Silicon Valley has taken over Hollywood, and Big Tech has an established anti-union bent.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-4[…]f-aaef00f5a073/03c5df9e-7ad6-4298-940e-b04a01016bf4/audio.mp3","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11956178/its-now-or-never-writers-and-actors-see-conflict-with-big-tech-as-existential","audioDuration":228000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Dozens of SAG-AFTRA members rallied outside Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos on Thursday, protesting declining pay and residuals in the streaming age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Netflix is just one of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) member companies that SAG-AFTRA is striking against. Others include the major motion picture studios, the principal broadcast television networks, and streaming services like Apple TV+ and Amazon, as well as Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why pick on Netflix? The actors said in large part because Netflix is the streaming monster that \u003ca href=\"https://advanced-television.com/2022/11/18/report-streaming-37-of-us-tv-viewing-in-october/\">redefined the entertainment business\u003c/a> over the last 16 years, and it \u003ca href=\"https://www.nexttv.com/news/what-slow-start-streaming-for-netflixs-most-popular-shows-was-actually-up-5-through-the-first-six-weeks-of-2023\">continues to dominate\u003c/a> today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tech is only going to grow. You know, streaming is only going to grow. So all we’re asking is that we grow with it,” said \u003ca href=\"https://rajivshahofficial.com\">Rajiv Shah\u003c/a>, a member of the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists for more than 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shah said he’s prepared to stay off movie and TV sets for as long as necessary to extract what he considers an equitable contract from the biggest companies in the business. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"proposition-22"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“What everybody understands is this is setting a precedent for what’s going to come in the future because you see it in the gig economy and see how people are — their work is being utilized, but not fairly compensated,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This wouldn’t be the first time Big Tech has gone up against Big Labor in California. In the state Legislature and at the ballot box, the “gig economy” has disrupted multiple labor markets. In stark terms, that’s because the shift to part-time work with minimal employer-provided benefits has taken money out of the pockets of rank-and-file workers and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11944344/no-reward-for-loyalty-gig-companies-winning-fight-to-classify-drivers-as-independent\">shifted it to the pockets of executives and investors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher has said as much in her speeches. “What’s happening to us is happening across all fields of labor … Employers make Wall Street and greed their priority and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run,” she said announcing the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch: Fran Drescher delivers fiery speech on SAG-AFTRA strike\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/J4SAPOX7R5M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBFcFWZ4hPs\">Netflix earnings call\u003c/a> last week, co-CEO Ted Sarandos was careful to note he was raised in a union household before he echoed the party line put forward by the AMPTP. “We’re super committed to getting to an agreement as soon as possible, one that’s equitable, and one that enables the industry and everybody in it, to move forward into the future,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘There’s always greed … people wanting to make the best products with the least amount of money. But … at least those people respected the art form. The tech companies, they don’t care. It’s just money to them.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Paola Tapia-Limón, member, Writers Guild of America","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/netflix-executive-compensation-2022-reed-hastings-ted-sarandos-1235591184/\">Sarandos made $50 million\u003c/a>. That’s not nearly as much as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/05/heres-how-much-the-10-highest-paid-us-ceos-earn.html\">highest-paid CEOs in the U.S.\u003c/a>, but the storyline of executives making billions while rank-and-file creatives suffer sticks in the craw of Writers Guild of America member Paola Tapia-Limón of Los Angeles. The WGA has been on strike since early May. “My last episode aired a while ago, and I did get residuals. But it’s still a ridiculous amount,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even during what’s been called the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/14/23507793/streaming-wars-hbo-max-netflix-ads-residuals-warrior-nun\">golden age\u003c/a>” of streaming TV, with the rise of the writer-producer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wgacontract2023.org/updates/bulletins/writers-are-not-keeping-up\">compensation for most writers has stagnated\u003c/a>, according to the WGA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that this has been happening just as Hollywood finally began to diversify in a meaningful way, allowing people like Tapia-Limón to build a middle-class career. “The thought of leaving the industry has definitely crossed my mind in my darkest moments. I’m not going to lie. But I also worked really hard to get here. It’s been over a decade, and I’m a little stubborn,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s different about this struggle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/past-hollywood-strikes-62de005f62e38dd09b38cd591ea26123\">Hollywood producers have played hardball\u003c/a> in every labor conflict for more than a century. Tapia-Limón knows “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/business/nightcap-hollywood-accounting-strike/index.html\">fuzzy accounting\u003c/a>” in this business predates the entry of Big Tech. But, Tapia-Limón says, for deep-pocketed companies like Apple and Amazon, entertainment is just one of many things they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s always greed … people wanting to make the best products with the least amount of money. But … at least those people respected the art form. The tech companies, they don’t care. It’s just money to them,” Tapia-Limón said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956195\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"An African American woman holds a SAG-AFTRA on STRIKE sign with protestors behind her holding the same signs.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956195\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/3D3444F1-1ABE-4C62-BB36-A78ED55AEAA4_1_105_c-160x120.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAG-AFTRA member Harley Ford of Vallejo at the rally in Los Gatos on Thursday. Ford said she’s ready for a long fight, because she believes this conflict is existential for humans, in yet another industry moving to replace as many as possible with artificial intelligence. ‘I mean, we get it. It’s here to stay. But let us bring the characters to life. Let an actual human do that,’ she said. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s sociopathic. It doesn’t make any sense to me. We’re not asking for them to give up their billions,” said Jorge Rivera, vice chair of the Latinx Writers Committee for WGA West. But he added he thinks it’s a mistake to demonize Big Tech alone. Wall Street, he said, and its demand for exponential growth is also playing a major part in the economic disruption of Hollywood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t just make a profit. You’ve got to grow that profit every year, and I don’t think that is a sustainable model for entertainment. Yeah, we can make billions a year, but can we multiply that by 100 every year? I don’t think so. That’s what they want,” Rivera said. This is in an era when \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/07/20/1188952468/is-the-tv-film-industry-collapsing-or-just-reshaping-itself-for-the-future\">people spend more time and money\u003c/a> on video games than movies, and more time watching YouTube than any TV network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what happens next? By many accounts: artificial intelligence. Many writers and actors told KQED they fear they have a limited time before the big companies figure out how to minimize the human contributions to entertainment. The humans figure this is the last time they’ll be in a position to negotiate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11956178/its-now-or-never-writers-and-actors-see-conflict-with-big-tech-as-existential","authors":["251"],"categories":["news_29992","news_8","news_248"],"tags":["news_28321","news_27626","news_17994","news_32938","news_727","news_28389","news_353","news_2659"],"featImg":"news_11956208","label":"news"},"news_11944344":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11944344","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11944344","score":null,"sort":[1679526902000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"no-reward-for-loyalty-gig-companies-winning-fight-to-classify-drivers-as-independent","title":"'No Reward for Loyalty': Gig Companies Winning Fight to Classify Drivers as Independent","publishDate":1679526902,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>After a California appeals court \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/13/california-court-lets-gig-companies-keep-treating-workers-as-contractors-00086898\">upheld most of Proposition 22\u003c/a> last week, it’s widely expected the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will appeal to the state Supreme Court. That’s even though the union says it’s still considering its options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More California Coverage\" tag=\"california\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California, wrote in an email to KQED, “Drivers have always led this movement, and we will follow their lead as we consider all options — whether that's seeking review from the California Supreme Court — to ensure that rideshare drivers and delivery workers have access to the same rights and protections afforded to other workers in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2020/general/pdf/topl-prop22.pdf\">Prop. 22 (PDF)\u003c/a> is widely perceived as a major carve-out of California labor law, allowing Uber, Lyft and similar businesses to classify their drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees. A lower court ruling \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/judge-shoots-down-landmark-law-that-kept-uber-and-lyft-drivers-from-being-employees-11629513964\">found the law unconstitutional\u003c/a>. But the \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A163655.PDF\">two-judge majority on the state appeals panel disagreed (PDF)\u003c/a>, arguing state law has never provided generous labor protections to “all potentially eligible wage workers” in California. There are, for instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939848/a-legacy-of-slavery-for-domestic-workers-californias-new-safety-guidelines-are-long-overdue-say-advocates\">long-standing carve-outs for domestic and agricultural workers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rideshare industry reaction exultant\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a statement following the release of the decision, \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/lyft-statement-on-california-court-of-appeal-prop-22-decision\">Lyft officials wrote in a blog post\u003c/a>, “We are pleased that the court upheld the democratic will of the voters … We are excited to continue operating our service with no changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944379\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup shot of a black vehicle with a pink Lyft sticker and a black and white Uber sticker on the left side of its windshield. The vehicle sits idle waiting to pick up a customer.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposition 22 allows gig companies such as Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees. \u003ccite>(Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uber’s chief legal officer, Tony West, wrote in an email to KQED, “Across the state, drivers and couriers have said they are happy with Prop 22, which affords them new benefits while preserving the unique flexibility of app-based work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco did invalidate Prop. 22’s most \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/post-it/2020/10/california-amendment-threshold-proposition-22/\">controversial provision\u003c/a>, one that required a close-to-impossible seven-eighths' vote of the Legislature to pass any bills that modify Prop. 22. But experts don’t expect Uber or Lyft to appeal, lest they risk the possibility the California Supreme Court agrees with the lower court ruling, and/or strike down all of Prop. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford labor law professor William Gould, who served as chair of the National Labor Relations Board from 1994 to 1998, wrote in an email to KQED that he thinks it’s “more than likely that the California Supreme Court will reverse. Should it not do so, the Biden administration’s new wage and hour rule on who is an employee preempts state law and, if drawn inconsistently with Proposition 22, will trump it constitutionally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate but related decision, a unanimous 9th Circuit panel \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/legal/ubers-challenge-calif-contractor-law-revived-by-us-appeals-court-2023-03-17/\">reinstated Uber and Postmates’ constitutional claim\u003c/a> against California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/ab5\">Assembly Bill 5\u003c/a> on Friday. The San Francisco-based appeals panel said the state must face claims that the law is unconstitutional because it singles out app-based transportation businesses while exempting many other industries from the need to justify why they classify some workers as contractors rather than employees.[aside label=\"More on Assembly Bill 5\" tag=\"ab5\"]Already, the success of Prop. 22 with California voters at the ballot box in 2020 has inspired a similar measure on the 2024 ballot, one that would \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ccrov/2023/january/23012jh.pdf\">overturn a new law (PDF)\u003c/a> designed to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/ca-divide-workplace/2022/08/fast-food-workers/\">improve wages and working conditions in fast food\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No question there are a lot of minimum labor law standards in California, and I understand why employers find them onerous to comply with, not to mention expensive,” said UC Berkeley law professor Catherine Fisk, who wrote a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of a group of California labor and employment law professors opposed to Prop. 22. She added that she’s “disappointed” by the appeals court decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s really in the public’s best interest to have such a large group of workers who are carved out of the minimum protections of state law. That exists not only to benefit the workers and their families, but the communities that are affected by abject poverty,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Happy to be independent, unhappy about the pay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Scott from LA County,” who drives for Uber, says he didn’t even vote in 2020 when the measure was on the ballot. KQED is not sharing Scott's last name because because he fears the company might retaliate against him for speaking to KQED; he is unaffiliated with either the SEIU or the industry-backed \u003ca href=\"https://protectdriversandservices.com/about/our-coalition/\">Protect App-Based Drivers and Services coalition\u003c/a> (PADS).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little nonchalant about Prop. 22 because I was just getting started, and things were surprisingly good back then,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott admitted his opinion changed after Prop. 22 took effect the following January, and he watched the measure’s promised 120% of minimum wage become a ceiling for him, rather than a floor. In other words, he makes about $18.60 an hour these days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944396\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-scaled.jpg\" alt='A man stands with his back to the camera wearing a black T-shirt with yellow writing that reads \"Drivers Union Now.\" In the background, two people hold a large white sign that reads, \"Gig Workers Are Essential.\"' width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gig workers, including rideshare and delivery drivers, with We Drive Progress and Gig Workers Rising demonstrate outside DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2021, demanding fair pay and employee rights. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“But that’s not what independent contractors got into Uber for, to make 120% of minimum wage,” he said. “In the past, I was making $30, $40, $50 an hour.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Scott, rideshare driver\"]'There's no reward for loyalty. You just kind of always feel like you’re replaceable.'[/pullquote]That said, Scott still loves choosing his own hours, 20 to 25 a week, and he’s not really bothered by the fact that independent contractors, as defined by Prop. 22, don’t have the same protections as employees under California law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said what bothers him most, aside from making less money, is his sense that the company is driving out gig workers like him — who remember the days before Prop. 22 and can see the work is becoming less profitable — and relying on high turnover to pull in new people who can’t remember when drivers made more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no reward for loyalty. You just kind of always feel like you’re replaceable,” Scott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Side hustle or livelihood?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The percentage of rideshare drivers who are full time versus part time has been a point of contention between union-friendly Democratic lawmakers in California and the rideshare companies. A report published last year by UC Riverside’s Center for Economic Forecasting and Development for the industry-backed drivers’ coalition found “\u003ca href=\"https://protectdriversandservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/UCR_CEFD_CA_AppDrivers_Analysis_2_17_2022-41.pdf\">only 23% of drivers report working with platforms on what would conventionally be considered a full-time basis\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944401\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator holds a sign that says 'Prop 22 Is Unconstitutional' during a protest outside DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a recent talk before The Economic Club of Chicago, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2131&v=HFKrv9Ub9WI&feature=youtu.be\">Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the weakening economy is bringing more drivers — he calls them “earners” — online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“About 70% of our earners are saying inflation is actually one of the reasons why they’re coming on to the platform, because they can earn flexibly. And they can, you know, earn another $500 a week for groceries or whatever else they need to live,” Khosrowshahi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If drivers are only making a little extra money with the platforms versus relying on the driving for their livelihoods, labor lawyers say, it’s easier for gig companies to argue they aren’t exploiting the drivers by refusing to provide them the benefits employees would receive — or exploiting taxpayers by socializing the costs drivers can’t afford to cover on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw this during the pandemic, right after Proposition 22 was enacted,” said Fisk, of UC Berkeley. “Every other employer had paid into the unemployment system. So when their workers became unemployed, they could file a claim for unemployment and be compensated. Uber and Lyft exempted themselves from the unemployment system. Their drivers were left penniless. So what did the companies say? ‘Congress has created a system for independent contractors. You should apply to that.’ Who was paying for that? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11812496/uber-and-lyft-arent-paying-for-drivers-unemployment-you-are-confirms-newsom\">The taxpayers\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Labor advocates are mulling their options after a California appeals court reversed most of a ruling invalidating Prop. 22, the state's 2020 voter-approved gig economy law allowing ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1679588261,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1439},"headData":{"title":"'No Reward for Loyalty': Gig Companies Winning Fight to Classify Drivers as Independent | KQED","description":"Labor advocates are mulling their options after a California appeals court reversed most of a ruling invalidating Prop. 22, the state's 2020 voter-approved gig economy law allowing ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-4[…]f-aaef00f5a073/4e415b4b-1ff5-4652-a454-afcd0108868a/audio.mp3","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11944344/no-reward-for-loyalty-gig-companies-winning-fight-to-classify-drivers-as-independent","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After a California appeals court \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/13/california-court-lets-gig-companies-keep-treating-workers-as-contractors-00086898\">upheld most of Proposition 22\u003c/a> last week, it’s widely expected the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will appeal to the state Supreme Court. That’s even though the union says it’s still considering its options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More California Coverage ","tag":"california"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California, wrote in an email to KQED, “Drivers have always led this movement, and we will follow their lead as we consider all options — whether that's seeking review from the California Supreme Court — to ensure that rideshare drivers and delivery workers have access to the same rights and protections afforded to other workers in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2020/general/pdf/topl-prop22.pdf\">Prop. 22 (PDF)\u003c/a> is widely perceived as a major carve-out of California labor law, allowing Uber, Lyft and similar businesses to classify their drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees. A lower court ruling \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/judge-shoots-down-landmark-law-that-kept-uber-and-lyft-drivers-from-being-employees-11629513964\">found the law unconstitutional\u003c/a>. But the \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A163655.PDF\">two-judge majority on the state appeals panel disagreed (PDF)\u003c/a>, arguing state law has never provided generous labor protections to “all potentially eligible wage workers” in California. There are, for instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939848/a-legacy-of-slavery-for-domestic-workers-californias-new-safety-guidelines-are-long-overdue-say-advocates\">long-standing carve-outs for domestic and agricultural workers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rideshare industry reaction exultant\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a statement following the release of the decision, \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/lyft-statement-on-california-court-of-appeal-prop-22-decision\">Lyft officials wrote in a blog post\u003c/a>, “We are pleased that the court upheld the democratic will of the voters … We are excited to continue operating our service with no changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944379\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup shot of a black vehicle with a pink Lyft sticker and a black and white Uber sticker on the left side of its windshield. The vehicle sits idle waiting to pick up a customer.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposition 22 allows gig companies such as Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees. \u003ccite>(Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uber’s chief legal officer, Tony West, wrote in an email to KQED, “Across the state, drivers and couriers have said they are happy with Prop 22, which affords them new benefits while preserving the unique flexibility of app-based work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco did invalidate Prop. 22’s most \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/post-it/2020/10/california-amendment-threshold-proposition-22/\">controversial provision\u003c/a>, one that required a close-to-impossible seven-eighths' vote of the Legislature to pass any bills that modify Prop. 22. But experts don’t expect Uber or Lyft to appeal, lest they risk the possibility the California Supreme Court agrees with the lower court ruling, and/or strike down all of Prop. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford labor law professor William Gould, who served as chair of the National Labor Relations Board from 1994 to 1998, wrote in an email to KQED that he thinks it’s “more than likely that the California Supreme Court will reverse. Should it not do so, the Biden administration’s new wage and hour rule on who is an employee preempts state law and, if drawn inconsistently with Proposition 22, will trump it constitutionally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate but related decision, a unanimous 9th Circuit panel \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/legal/ubers-challenge-calif-contractor-law-revived-by-us-appeals-court-2023-03-17/\">reinstated Uber and Postmates’ constitutional claim\u003c/a> against California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/ab5\">Assembly Bill 5\u003c/a> on Friday. The San Francisco-based appeals panel said the state must face claims that the law is unconstitutional because it singles out app-based transportation businesses while exempting many other industries from the need to justify why they classify some workers as contractors rather than employees.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More on Assembly Bill 5 ","tag":"ab5"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Already, the success of Prop. 22 with California voters at the ballot box in 2020 has inspired a similar measure on the 2024 ballot, one that would \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ccrov/2023/january/23012jh.pdf\">overturn a new law (PDF)\u003c/a> designed to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/ca-divide-workplace/2022/08/fast-food-workers/\">improve wages and working conditions in fast food\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No question there are a lot of minimum labor law standards in California, and I understand why employers find them onerous to comply with, not to mention expensive,” said UC Berkeley law professor Catherine Fisk, who wrote a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of a group of California labor and employment law professors opposed to Prop. 22. She added that she’s “disappointed” by the appeals court decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s really in the public’s best interest to have such a large group of workers who are carved out of the minimum protections of state law. That exists not only to benefit the workers and their families, but the communities that are affected by abject poverty,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Happy to be independent, unhappy about the pay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Scott from LA County,” who drives for Uber, says he didn’t even vote in 2020 when the measure was on the ballot. KQED is not sharing Scott's last name because because he fears the company might retaliate against him for speaking to KQED; he is unaffiliated with either the SEIU or the industry-backed \u003ca href=\"https://protectdriversandservices.com/about/our-coalition/\">Protect App-Based Drivers and Services coalition\u003c/a> (PADS).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little nonchalant about Prop. 22 because I was just getting started, and things were surprisingly good back then,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott admitted his opinion changed after Prop. 22 took effect the following January, and he watched the measure’s promised 120% of minimum wage become a ceiling for him, rather than a floor. In other words, he makes about $18.60 an hour these days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944396\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-scaled.jpg\" alt='A man stands with his back to the camera wearing a black T-shirt with yellow writing that reads \"Drivers Union Now.\" In the background, two people hold a large white sign that reads, \"Gig Workers Are Essential.\"' width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52363_004_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gig workers, including rideshare and delivery drivers, with We Drive Progress and Gig Workers Rising demonstrate outside DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2021, demanding fair pay and employee rights. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“But that’s not what independent contractors got into Uber for, to make 120% of minimum wage,” he said. “In the past, I was making $30, $40, $50 an hour.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'There's no reward for loyalty. You just kind of always feel like you’re replaceable.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Scott, rideshare driver","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That said, Scott still loves choosing his own hours, 20 to 25 a week, and he’s not really bothered by the fact that independent contractors, as defined by Prop. 22, don’t have the same protections as employees under California law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said what bothers him most, aside from making less money, is his sense that the company is driving out gig workers like him — who remember the days before Prop. 22 and can see the work is becoming less profitable — and relying on high turnover to pull in new people who can’t remember when drivers made more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no reward for loyalty. You just kind of always feel like you’re replaceable,” Scott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Side hustle or livelihood?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The percentage of rideshare drivers who are full time versus part time has been a point of contention between union-friendly Democratic lawmakers in California and the rideshare companies. A report published last year by UC Riverside’s Center for Economic Forecasting and Development for the industry-backed drivers’ coalition found “\u003ca href=\"https://protectdriversandservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/UCR_CEFD_CA_AppDrivers_Analysis_2_17_2022-41.pdf\">only 23% of drivers report working with platforms on what would conventionally be considered a full-time basis\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944401\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS52369_011_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator holds a sign that says 'Prop 22 Is Unconstitutional' during a protest outside DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a recent talk before The Economic Club of Chicago, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2131&v=HFKrv9Ub9WI&feature=youtu.be\">Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the weakening economy is bringing more drivers — he calls them “earners” — online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“About 70% of our earners are saying inflation is actually one of the reasons why they’re coming on to the platform, because they can earn flexibly. And they can, you know, earn another $500 a week for groceries or whatever else they need to live,” Khosrowshahi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If drivers are only making a little extra money with the platforms versus relying on the driving for their livelihoods, labor lawyers say, it’s easier for gig companies to argue they aren’t exploiting the drivers by refusing to provide them the benefits employees would receive — or exploiting taxpayers by socializing the costs drivers can’t afford to cover on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw this during the pandemic, right after Proposition 22 was enacted,” said Fisk, of UC Berkeley. “Every other employer had paid into the unemployment system. So when their workers became unemployed, they could file a claim for unemployment and be compensated. Uber and Lyft exempted themselves from the unemployment system. Their drivers were left penniless. So what did the companies say? ‘Congress has created a system for independent contractors. You should apply to that.’ Who was paying for that? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11812496/uber-and-lyft-arent-paying-for-drivers-unemployment-you-are-confirms-newsom\">The taxpayers\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11944344/no-reward-for-loyalty-gig-companies-winning-fight-to-classify-drivers-as-independent","authors":["251"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_31795","news_1758","news_8"],"tags":["news_17994","news_26585","news_4524","news_25675","news_4658","news_353","news_4523"],"featImg":"news_11944370","label":"news_72"},"news_11929057":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11929057","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11929057","score":null,"sort":[1665838818000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"amazon-workers-strike-at-third-largest-air-hub-in-us-file-labor-complaint","title":"Amazon Workers Strike at Third Largest Air Hub in US, File Labor Complaint","publishDate":1665838818,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Workers at Amazon’s air freight fulfillment center in San Bernardino, which serves the West Coast, walked off the job Friday over what they say are insufficient wages and unsafe working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inland Empire Amazon Workers United also filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against supervisors, charging them with retaliating against employees for organizing. A spokesperson for the federal agency confirmed they received a complaint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers at the facility, the company’s third largest in the U.S., are calling on the online retail giant to increase pay by $5 an hour and to improve job safety, especially during extreme heat. This is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-15/amazon-warehouse-workers-walkout-san-bernardino-air-hub\">second worker strike at the air hub since August\u003c/a>.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Rex Evans, Amazon worker\"]'That's why we had to organize, because they could spend millions on consultants to union-bust, to not let us organize. But they can't give us the $5 raise.'[/pullquote]Amazon’s transportation and warehouse workers across the country are set to receive about $1 per hour more in their paychecks starting today, according to a company spokesperson. Amazon announced the raise in late September, as part of a nearly \u003ca href=\"https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-expands-pay-and-benefits-front-line-employees-new\">$1 billion investment over the next year in its workforce\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the starting wage at the San Bernardino facility, called KSBD, will now be about $18 per hour, workers said the boost is not enough to afford the rising cost of rent, groceries and gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They came back with this pitiful $1, which is nowhere near enough for associates to live off,” said Rex Evans, 61, who helps load cargo planes and directs them to and from tarmac gates. “A lot of associates are angry. They are tired of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evans, a former firefighter, said Amazon hired consultants who singled out and harassed workers involved in organizing efforts in recent months. In July, Evans and others delivered a petition to management requesting the $5 increase, which was signed by more than 800 workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following month, dozens of employees — \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-15/amazon-warehouse-workers-walkout-san-bernardino-air-hub\">74 out of more than 1,500\u003c/a>, according to Amazon — abandoned their workstations midday in protest. As temperatures soared above 100 degrees, employees demanded the company fully implement required \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2022/2022-46.html#:~:text=To%20prevent%20heat%20illness%2C%20the,do%20in%20case%20of%20an\">California protections for outdoor workers\u003c/a> and offer first aid care and breaks for any employee feeling sick from the heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This company makes huge profits, but they disregard the health and safety and livelihoods of the workers,” said Evans. “That's why we had to organize, because they could spend millions on consultants to union-bust, to not let us organize. But they can't give us the $5 raise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929064\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11929064\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Dozens of strikers march with signs on a tarmac.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striking workers at Amazon's air freight fulfillment center in San Bernardino on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. They are rallying for better pay among a surge in unionization efforts across the country. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Warehouse Worker Resource Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amazon’s retail business has boomed during the pandemic, as consumers increasingly shopped online. The company reported an \u003ca href=\"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220202005957/en/Amazon.com-Announces-Fourth-Quarter-Results\">operating income of nearly $25 billion\u003c/a> last year, compared to about $23 billion in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, an Amazon spokesperson said the company has “robust protocols” that meet or exceed industry standards and regulations. KSBD and other Amazon air hubs have air-conditioning, fans and a team of safety professionals ensuring employees take extra breaks when needed, wrote Mary Kate Paradis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We respect our employees’ rights and freedoms, and take the health and safety of our employees very seriously,” Paradis said. “We're proud to offer compensation packages for our front-line employees that not only include great pay, but also provide comprehensive benefits for regular full-time employees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average pay for front-line Amazon warehouse and transportation jobs is more than $19 an hour, she said, while full-time employees are offered health insurance, a retirement account with a 50% company match and other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sprawling warehouse industry employs more than 200,000 people in the Inland Empire metro area, east of Los Angeles, according to the Warehouse Worker Resource Center. About one-fifth are employed at Amazon facilities. The region has the \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/corporate-accountability/how-one-click-shopping-is-harming-californias-inland-empire-a1416131827/#:~:text=Amazon%2C%20the%20largest%20private%20employer,dozen%20facilities%20in%20the%20area.\">third largest concentration of Amazon warehouses\u003c/a> in the country, according to research by Consumer Reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warehousing, transportation and delivery services are notorious for higher injury rates than other kinds of jobs, and are considered “\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/documents/hhu-list-2021-2022.pdf\">high hazard\u003c/a>” by state regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers at Amazon face more dangerous conditions than the rest of the warehouse industry, and \u003ca href=\"https://thesoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/The-Injury-Machine_How-Amazons-Production-System-Hurts-Workers.pdf\">the company’s overall injury rate increased by 20% between 2020 and 2021\u003c/a>, according to a recent analysis by the Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of four labor unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, KSBD’s rate for injuries that required days off work or job restrictions was significantly higher than for the industry as a whole, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/Establishment-Specific-Injury-and-Illness-Data\">9.4 reported serious injuries per 100 workers\u003c/a>, according to figures kept by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday afternoon, about 100 workers at KSBD joined a picket line, said strike organizers. Amazon did not immediately confirm the number of employees who walked off the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The one-day work stoppage comes days after Amazon warehouse workers in Moreno Valley, just south of San Bernardino, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-10-11/amazon-workers-moreno-valley-union-petition\">filed paperwork to hold a union election\u003c/a> — the first time Amazon employees in the state have done so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, rideshare and delivery drivers for Uber, DoorDash and other app-based companies \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11928844/rideshare-drivers-rally-for-rights-announce-new-statewide-union\">rallied in San Francisco\u003c/a>, announcing the formation of a statewide union seeking to improve pay and working conditions for gig workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, workers at Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, Apple and other \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/05/why-starbucks-apple-and-google-are-unionizing-now-for-the-first-time.html\">companies across the country have voted to unionize\u003c/a>. Labor experts say the surge in organizing marks a dramatic shift, in stark contrast to decades of declining union membership in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Support for unions is the highest that we've seen since the mid-1960s in the United States,” said Ken Jacobs, who chairs the UC Berkeley Labor Center. “There's interest among large numbers of workers in joining unions. And we see support across all age groups and Democrats, Republicans, independents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"This is the second strike by workers at the company's air freight fulfillment center in San Bernardino seeking better pay and protections from job conditions they say are unsafe.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1666119791,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":1036},"headData":{"title":"Amazon Workers Strike at Third Largest Air Hub in US, File Labor Complaint | KQED","description":"This is the second strike by workers at the company's air freight fulfillment center in San Bernardino seeking better pay and protections from job conditions they say are unsafe.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11929057 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11929057","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/10/15/amazon-workers-strike-at-third-largest-air-hub-in-us-file-labor-complaint/","disqusTitle":"Amazon Workers Strike at Third Largest Air Hub in US, File Labor Complaint","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11929057/amazon-workers-strike-at-third-largest-air-hub-in-us-file-labor-complaint","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Workers at Amazon’s air freight fulfillment center in San Bernardino, which serves the West Coast, walked off the job Friday over what they say are insufficient wages and unsafe working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inland Empire Amazon Workers United also filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against supervisors, charging them with retaliating against employees for organizing. A spokesperson for the federal agency confirmed they received a complaint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers at the facility, the company’s third largest in the U.S., are calling on the online retail giant to increase pay by $5 an hour and to improve job safety, especially during extreme heat. This is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-15/amazon-warehouse-workers-walkout-san-bernardino-air-hub\">second worker strike at the air hub since August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'That's why we had to organize, because they could spend millions on consultants to union-bust, to not let us organize. But they can't give us the $5 raise.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Rex Evans, Amazon worker","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Amazon’s transportation and warehouse workers across the country are set to receive about $1 per hour more in their paychecks starting today, according to a company spokesperson. Amazon announced the raise in late September, as part of a nearly \u003ca href=\"https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-expands-pay-and-benefits-front-line-employees-new\">$1 billion investment over the next year in its workforce\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the starting wage at the San Bernardino facility, called KSBD, will now be about $18 per hour, workers said the boost is not enough to afford the rising cost of rent, groceries and gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They came back with this pitiful $1, which is nowhere near enough for associates to live off,” said Rex Evans, 61, who helps load cargo planes and directs them to and from tarmac gates. “A lot of associates are angry. They are tired of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evans, a former firefighter, said Amazon hired consultants who singled out and harassed workers involved in organizing efforts in recent months. In July, Evans and others delivered a petition to management requesting the $5 increase, which was signed by more than 800 workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following month, dozens of employees — \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-15/amazon-warehouse-workers-walkout-san-bernardino-air-hub\">74 out of more than 1,500\u003c/a>, according to Amazon — abandoned their workstations midday in protest. As temperatures soared above 100 degrees, employees demanded the company fully implement required \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2022/2022-46.html#:~:text=To%20prevent%20heat%20illness%2C%20the,do%20in%20case%20of%20an\">California protections for outdoor workers\u003c/a> and offer first aid care and breaks for any employee feeling sick from the heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This company makes huge profits, but they disregard the health and safety and livelihoods of the workers,” said Evans. “That's why we had to organize, because they could spend millions on consultants to union-bust, to not let us organize. But they can't give us the $5 raise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929064\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11929064\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Dozens of strikers march with signs on a tarmac.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/5B2A7110-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striking workers at Amazon's air freight fulfillment center in San Bernardino on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. They are rallying for better pay among a surge in unionization efforts across the country. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Warehouse Worker Resource Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amazon’s retail business has boomed during the pandemic, as consumers increasingly shopped online. The company reported an \u003ca href=\"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220202005957/en/Amazon.com-Announces-Fourth-Quarter-Results\">operating income of nearly $25 billion\u003c/a> last year, compared to about $23 billion in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, an Amazon spokesperson said the company has “robust protocols” that meet or exceed industry standards and regulations. KSBD and other Amazon air hubs have air-conditioning, fans and a team of safety professionals ensuring employees take extra breaks when needed, wrote Mary Kate Paradis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We respect our employees’ rights and freedoms, and take the health and safety of our employees very seriously,” Paradis said. “We're proud to offer compensation packages for our front-line employees that not only include great pay, but also provide comprehensive benefits for regular full-time employees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average pay for front-line Amazon warehouse and transportation jobs is more than $19 an hour, she said, while full-time employees are offered health insurance, a retirement account with a 50% company match and other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sprawling warehouse industry employs more than 200,000 people in the Inland Empire metro area, east of Los Angeles, according to the Warehouse Worker Resource Center. About one-fifth are employed at Amazon facilities. The region has the \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/corporate-accountability/how-one-click-shopping-is-harming-californias-inland-empire-a1416131827/#:~:text=Amazon%2C%20the%20largest%20private%20employer,dozen%20facilities%20in%20the%20area.\">third largest concentration of Amazon warehouses\u003c/a> in the country, according to research by Consumer Reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warehousing, transportation and delivery services are notorious for higher injury rates than other kinds of jobs, and are considered “\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/documents/hhu-list-2021-2022.pdf\">high hazard\u003c/a>” by state regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers at Amazon face more dangerous conditions than the rest of the warehouse industry, and \u003ca href=\"https://thesoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/The-Injury-Machine_How-Amazons-Production-System-Hurts-Workers.pdf\">the company’s overall injury rate increased by 20% between 2020 and 2021\u003c/a>, according to a recent analysis by the Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of four labor unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, KSBD’s rate for injuries that required days off work or job restrictions was significantly higher than for the industry as a whole, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/Establishment-Specific-Injury-and-Illness-Data\">9.4 reported serious injuries per 100 workers\u003c/a>, according to figures kept by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday afternoon, about 100 workers at KSBD joined a picket line, said strike organizers. Amazon did not immediately confirm the number of employees who walked off the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The one-day work stoppage comes days after Amazon warehouse workers in Moreno Valley, just south of San Bernardino, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-10-11/amazon-workers-moreno-valley-union-petition\">filed paperwork to hold a union election\u003c/a> — the first time Amazon employees in the state have done so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, rideshare and delivery drivers for Uber, DoorDash and other app-based companies \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11928844/rideshare-drivers-rally-for-rights-announce-new-statewide-union\">rallied in San Francisco\u003c/a>, announcing the formation of a statewide union seeking to improve pay and working conditions for gig workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, workers at Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, Apple and other \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/05/why-starbucks-apple-and-google-are-unionizing-now-for-the-first-time.html\">companies across the country have voted to unionize\u003c/a>. 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And we see support across all age groups and Democrats, Republicans, independents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11929057/amazon-workers-strike-at-third-largest-air-hub-in-us-file-labor-complaint","authors":["8659"],"categories":["news_1758","news_8"],"tags":["news_1611","news_17994","news_31833","news_353","news_2759","news_2659"],"featImg":"news_11929065","label":"news"},"news_11910759":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11910759","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11910759","score":null,"sort":[1649709034000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"gig-workers-find-few-safeguards-despite-working-in-dangerous-industry","title":"Gig Workers Find Few Safeguards, Despite Working in Dangerous Industry","publishDate":1649709034,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cherri Murphy started driving for Lyft in 2017. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She had just finished her master’s program in divinity at the Berkeley School of Theology, and was about to start pursuing a doctorate there. She needed a job to pay off school debt, and a car to get around Oakland. Lyft provided both. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It seemed like a godsend,” Murphy said. “I needed the flexibility they had promised me along with a rental car. But over time, I found myself in this constant cycle of working just to make ends meet.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://help.lyft.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001550508?_gl=1*jje8na*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2NDkyODI2MDAuQ2p3S0NBanc5TFNTQmhCc0Vpd0FLdGYwbndZdE04MGhjSmpfeW5kS21JRjBNYW9pMGRwbTNKQ2w0SnltLVRSU3Z5ZnJ2THRaU3V2c0Nob0NvNE1RQXZEX0J3RQ..\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyft’s \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">rental car program\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> covers routine maintenance, but if a tire blows out or a window is broken during a smash-and-grab, the driver could be charged for the damag\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">es if Lyft decides the damages were the driver’s fault.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Murphy was struggling to keep up with payments to repair the car, and she said she frequently experienced racism and verbal harassment from Lyft passengers.\u003c/span>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jasimine StokesOliver, former DoorDash driver\"]'As I bent over to arrange [the food] at the door, I saw the gun in his hand.'[/pullquote]\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feeling frustrated with the lack of support from Lyft, Murphy started organizing with Gig Workers Rising, a San Jose-based nonprofit that advocates for workers like Murphy. She began collecting the stories of hundreds of rideshare drivers who felt they were being treated unfairly by the companies they worked for. Murphy and others at Gig Workers Rising came across several GoFundMe pages for rideshare drivers who died while driving and delivering food. The families of the drivers were searching for answers and compensation.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">recently released report, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gig Workers Rising found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gigsafetynow.com/_files/ugd/af5398_87e49dc58be84bff9cd94076bafe5004.pdf\">over 50 rideshare and delivery drivers were killed\u003c/a> from 2017 to February 2022 in the United States. The report focuses on drivers who have been slain, but does not include fatal traffic accidents or other injuries drivers sustained while on the road. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The killings are the tip of the iceberg,” said Murphy. “Thousands are getting into car accidents, they’re being sexually assaulted, physically assaulted and emotionally accosted. These workers aren't afforded the important legal protections that they deserve.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Major gig companies have responded to requests for comment from KQED by focusing on the safety features the apps provide drivers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Uber spokesperson highlighted the company’s “in-app emergency button with 911 integration, Follow My Ride location sharing” and a new function that allows riders and drivers to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/newsroom/always-looking-out/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">record audio\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> during the ride if either party feels unsafe. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julian Crowley, a spokesperson for DoorDash, said “while negative incidents are incredibly rare, we’re constantly working to improve safety for all those who use our platform.” He pointed out that like Uber, DoorDash has an in-app emergency button.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://news.adt.com/news-releases/news-release-details/doordash-partners-adt-help-protect-its-community-millions\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">DoorDash\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/lyft-launches-emergency-help\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyft \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">also \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">have partnered with security company ADT to offer safety features within their respective apps.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895066\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11895066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two men holding signs and two women, one wearing purple and holding a microphone and one woman holding a sign are standing in front of a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cherri Murphy, with Gig Workers Rising, speaks outside DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2021, demanding fair pay and employee rights for gig workers and rideshare and delivery drivers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grubhub was the only company to claim there were inaccuracies in the Gig Workers Rising report, specifically in the case of Salauddin Bablu, a Grubhub driver who was killed in Manhattan in October during a carjacking attack. The report claims Bablu’s family “only received sympathies” from the food delivery company, but a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grubhub\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> spokesperson said the company offered the family financial support “for the amount they requested.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grubhub was not legally obligated to financially compensate Bablu’s family because he was not “online” at the time of the incident, and therefore not working for the company at that time. Similarly, when Uber driver \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/12/18/uber-driver-murder-arrest-ahmad-fawad-yusufi-clifford-lavern-stokes/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahmad Fawad Yusufi\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an Afghan refugee, was fatally shot in San Francisco’s Mission District while napping in his car between trips, Uber did not offer compensation to Yufusi’s family because he was offline at the time of the incident.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We have long known, for over a century, that\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [transportation]\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a dangerous sector,” said Professor Veena Dubal, a labor expert from UC Hastings. “Whether it’s because you’re getting into accidents or because you’re held up at gunpoint or because your body is constantly in the car.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">2020 report \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf\">transportation-related incidents have been the most common work injury since 2016\u003c/a>. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration deemed taxi driving to be one of the most dangerous professions in the country, as \u003ca href=\"http://www.taxi-library.org/osha_fact_sheet.htm\">taxi drivers are 60 times more likely to be murdered on the job\u003c/a> compared to other workers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It makes sense that this danger translates to people who are doing similar work, like food delivery work, transportation and ride-hailing work,” Dubal said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But unlike taxi drivers, who have unionized to receive workers' compensation if they are injured on the job, rideshare and delivery drivers for gig companies like DoorDash, Lyft and Uber are considered independent contractors and therefore ineligible for traditional workers' compensation. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Companies play in the gray of Proposition 22\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California Proposition 22, a ballot proposition that solidified the classification of gig workers as independent contractors, was passed overwhelmingly by California voters in 2020. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gig companies including Uber and Lyft lobbied heavily, pouring almost $200 million\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">into the campaign to pass the measure, making Prop. 22 the most expensive ballot measure in California history. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Dubal, rideshare workers occasionally received workers' compensation if they were injured on the job before the law was passed.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There have been workers all over the country who have applied for workers' compensation based on injuries that they had sustained while on the job and claimed that they were employees,” Dubal said. “They had been misclassified by their employer and received it.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the controversial ballot measure passed, it has been harder for gig workers who have been injured on the job to receive workers' compensation. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch ruled the law was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21046905/prop-22-unconstitutional.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“unconstitutional” and “unenforceable.”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The law’s constitutionality is currently being debated in other courts, specifically around the limited kinds of workers' compensation the law provides gig workers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843323\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11843323\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"Uber driver Sergei Fyodorov holds a flyer supporting a yes vote on Proposition 22 in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-800x538.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-1020x685.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-1536x1032.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber driver Sergei Fyodorov holds a flyer suggesting riders ask him why he supports Proposition 22, in Oakland on October 2020. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Limited forms of coverage\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keshon, who asked KQED not to use his last name for safety reasons, had enjoyed working for DoorDash while going to school in San Diego. One night in August, he picked up an order from Jack in the Box and was driving to deliver it when he was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/doordash-driver-shot-in-face-in-linda-vista/2697966/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">shot in the face \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and crashed into a traffic signal pole. The San Diego Police say his case is still open and they have made no arrests. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There are fragments of bullets still in my nephew’s head,” said Jasimine StokesOliver, Keshon’s aunt and a former DoorDash driver. “I don't know if those things are going to affect him later.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prop. 22 promises that gig companies would offer contractors “occupational accident insurance” to cover medical expenses and lost income in the case of injuries sustained while on the job. The insurance only goes so far, and many companies, including DoorDash, do not require drivers to opt into the insurance.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prop. 22 also requires companies to cover medical bills up to $1 million — in contrast to the state’s system, which requires companies to cover all medical bills \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">for injuries sustained on the job\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, no matter how expensive. The law also requires companies to offer disability payments for up to two years. For non-gig workers, companies could be required to offer disability payments for the rest of a worker’s life, according to California law.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to StokesOliver, DoorDash covered Keshon’s medical expenses and gave him about $300 a week for two months — half of what he would have made if he hadn't been bedridden. DoorDash did not cover the damages to Keshon’s car, which was totaled in the accident. \u003c/span>[aside postID=news_11907530 label='More On Gig Workers']\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under Prop. 22, gig companies do not have to cover damages to a driver’s car, and it’s up to the company to set its rules. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/driver/insurance\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyft’s insurance\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, for example, covers damage to a car up to its actual cash value, if the driver already has comprehensive and collision coverage. Uber’s insurance covers physical damage to the car, \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/drive/insurance/\">regardless of who is at fault\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">StokesOliver herself narrowly avoided an assault while driving for DoorDash.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“As I bent over to arrange [the food] at the door, I saw the gun in his hand,” StokesOliver said of the stranger who followed her to the door. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She pulled out her phone and said she had to take a picture of the order and send it to DoorDash. She said once the man saw her phone, he pulled the gun away and left. StokesOliver was horrified and hurried back to her car. Her 10-year-old son was in the back seat. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As she drove away, StokesOliver kept the app open and ignored alerts to move to the next order until she felt safe enough to report the incident. StokesOliver said she was assured the company would look into what happened. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I was hoping they would send the police to that address,” StokesOliver said. “They never contacted me to tell me that they notified the police or [encouraged me] to make a police report. There was just none of that.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">StokesOliver left gig work soon after. She feels unsafe because of the lack of protections. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>“\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was now time for me to protect my 10-year-old and make sure that he can make it to his teens,” StokesOliver said. “I don't want those types of violences affecting him and his lifestyle.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A new study from Gig Workers Rising says workers are often left on their own when bad things happen.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1649874295,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":34,"wordCount":1732},"headData":{"title":"Gig Workers Find Few Safeguards, Despite Working in Dangerous Industry | KQED","description":"A new study from Gig Workers Rising says workers are often left on their own when bad things happen.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11910759 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11910759","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/04/11/gig-workers-find-few-safeguards-despite-working-in-dangerous-industry/","disqusTitle":"Gig Workers Find Few Safeguards, Despite Working in Dangerous Industry","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/a47bae28-f24b-4c4d-a503-ae6f010bc64c/audio.mp3","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11910759/gig-workers-find-few-safeguards-despite-working-in-dangerous-industry","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cherri Murphy started driving for Lyft in 2017. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She had just finished her master’s program in divinity at the Berkeley School of Theology, and was about to start pursuing a doctorate there. She needed a job to pay off school debt, and a car to get around Oakland. Lyft provided both. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It seemed like a godsend,” Murphy said. “I needed the flexibility they had promised me along with a rental car. But over time, I found myself in this constant cycle of working just to make ends meet.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://help.lyft.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001550508?_gl=1*jje8na*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2NDkyODI2MDAuQ2p3S0NBanc5TFNTQmhCc0Vpd0FLdGYwbndZdE04MGhjSmpfeW5kS21JRjBNYW9pMGRwbTNKQ2w0SnltLVRSU3Z5ZnJ2THRaU3V2c0Nob0NvNE1RQXZEX0J3RQ..\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyft’s \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">rental car program\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> covers routine maintenance, but if a tire blows out or a window is broken during a smash-and-grab, the driver could be charged for the damag\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">es if Lyft decides the damages were the driver’s fault.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Murphy was struggling to keep up with payments to repair the car, and she said she frequently experienced racism and verbal harassment from Lyft passengers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'As I bent over to arrange [the food] at the door, I saw the gun in his hand.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Jasimine StokesOliver, former DoorDash driver","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feeling frustrated with the lack of support from Lyft, Murphy started organizing with Gig Workers Rising, a San Jose-based nonprofit that advocates for workers like Murphy. She began collecting the stories of hundreds of rideshare drivers who felt they were being treated unfairly by the companies they worked for. Murphy and others at Gig Workers Rising came across several GoFundMe pages for rideshare drivers who died while driving and delivering food. The families of the drivers were searching for answers and compensation.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">recently released report, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gig Workers Rising found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gigsafetynow.com/_files/ugd/af5398_87e49dc58be84bff9cd94076bafe5004.pdf\">over 50 rideshare and delivery drivers were killed\u003c/a> from 2017 to February 2022 in the United States. The report focuses on drivers who have been slain, but does not include fatal traffic accidents or other injuries drivers sustained while on the road. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The killings are the tip of the iceberg,” said Murphy. “Thousands are getting into car accidents, they’re being sexually assaulted, physically assaulted and emotionally accosted. These workers aren't afforded the important legal protections that they deserve.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Major gig companies have responded to requests for comment from KQED by focusing on the safety features the apps provide drivers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Uber spokesperson highlighted the company’s “in-app emergency button with 911 integration, Follow My Ride location sharing” and a new function that allows riders and drivers to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/newsroom/always-looking-out/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">record audio\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> during the ride if either party feels unsafe. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julian Crowley, a spokesperson for DoorDash, said “while negative incidents are incredibly rare, we’re constantly working to improve safety for all those who use our platform.” He pointed out that like Uber, DoorDash has an in-app emergency button.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://news.adt.com/news-releases/news-release-details/doordash-partners-adt-help-protect-its-community-millions\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">DoorDash\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/lyft-launches-emergency-help\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyft \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">also \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">have partnered with security company ADT to offer safety features within their respective apps.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895066\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11895066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two men holding signs and two women, one wearing purple and holding a microphone and one woman holding a sign are standing in front of a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52362_002_SanFrancisco_GigWorkerProtest_11032021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cherri Murphy, with Gig Workers Rising, speaks outside DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2021, demanding fair pay and employee rights for gig workers and rideshare and delivery drivers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grubhub was the only company to claim there were inaccuracies in the Gig Workers Rising report, specifically in the case of Salauddin Bablu, a Grubhub driver who was killed in Manhattan in October during a carjacking attack. The report claims Bablu’s family “only received sympathies” from the food delivery company, but a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grubhub\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> spokesperson said the company offered the family financial support “for the amount they requested.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grubhub was not legally obligated to financially compensate Bablu’s family because he was not “online” at the time of the incident, and therefore not working for the company at that time. Similarly, when Uber driver \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/12/18/uber-driver-murder-arrest-ahmad-fawad-yusufi-clifford-lavern-stokes/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahmad Fawad Yusufi\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an Afghan refugee, was fatally shot in San Francisco’s Mission District while napping in his car between trips, Uber did not offer compensation to Yufusi’s family because he was offline at the time of the incident.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We have long known, for over a century, that\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [transportation]\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a dangerous sector,” said Professor Veena Dubal, a labor expert from UC Hastings. “Whether it’s because you’re getting into accidents or because you’re held up at gunpoint or because your body is constantly in the car.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">2020 report \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf\">transportation-related incidents have been the most common work injury since 2016\u003c/a>. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration deemed taxi driving to be one of the most dangerous professions in the country, as \u003ca href=\"http://www.taxi-library.org/osha_fact_sheet.htm\">taxi drivers are 60 times more likely to be murdered on the job\u003c/a> compared to other workers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It makes sense that this danger translates to people who are doing similar work, like food delivery work, transportation and ride-hailing work,” Dubal said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But unlike taxi drivers, who have unionized to receive workers' compensation if they are injured on the job, rideshare and delivery drivers for gig companies like DoorDash, Lyft and Uber are considered independent contractors and therefore ineligible for traditional workers' compensation. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Companies play in the gray of Proposition 22\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California Proposition 22, a ballot proposition that solidified the classification of gig workers as independent contractors, was passed overwhelmingly by California voters in 2020. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gig companies including Uber and Lyft lobbied heavily, pouring almost $200 million\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">into the campaign to pass the measure, making Prop. 22 the most expensive ballot measure in California history. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Dubal, rideshare workers occasionally received workers' compensation if they were injured on the job before the law was passed.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There have been workers all over the country who have applied for workers' compensation based on injuries that they had sustained while on the job and claimed that they were employees,” Dubal said. “They had been misclassified by their employer and received it.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the controversial ballot measure passed, it has been harder for gig workers who have been injured on the job to receive workers' compensation. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch ruled the law was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21046905/prop-22-unconstitutional.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“unconstitutional” and “unenforceable.”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The law’s constitutionality is currently being debated in other courts, specifically around the limited kinds of workers' compensation the law provides gig workers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843323\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11843323\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"Uber driver Sergei Fyodorov holds a flyer supporting a yes vote on Proposition 22 in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-800x538.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-1020x685.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver-1536x1032.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/YesOn22Driver.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber driver Sergei Fyodorov holds a flyer suggesting riders ask him why he supports Proposition 22, in Oakland on October 2020. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Limited forms of coverage\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keshon, who asked KQED not to use his last name for safety reasons, had enjoyed working for DoorDash while going to school in San Diego. One night in August, he picked up an order from Jack in the Box and was driving to deliver it when he was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/doordash-driver-shot-in-face-in-linda-vista/2697966/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">shot in the face \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and crashed into a traffic signal pole. The San Diego Police say his case is still open and they have made no arrests. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There are fragments of bullets still in my nephew’s head,” said Jasimine StokesOliver, Keshon’s aunt and a former DoorDash driver. “I don't know if those things are going to affect him later.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prop. 22 promises that gig companies would offer contractors “occupational accident insurance” to cover medical expenses and lost income in the case of injuries sustained while on the job. The insurance only goes so far, and many companies, including DoorDash, do not require drivers to opt into the insurance.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prop. 22 also requires companies to cover medical bills up to $1 million — in contrast to the state’s system, which requires companies to cover all medical bills \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">for injuries sustained on the job\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, no matter how expensive. The law also requires companies to offer disability payments for up to two years. For non-gig workers, companies could be required to offer disability payments for the rest of a worker’s life, according to California law.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to StokesOliver, DoorDash covered Keshon’s medical expenses and gave him about $300 a week for two months — half of what he would have made if he hadn't been bedridden. DoorDash did not cover the damages to Keshon’s car, which was totaled in the accident. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11907530","label":"More On Gig Workers "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under Prop. 22, gig companies do not have to cover damages to a driver’s car, and it’s up to the company to set its rules. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/driver/insurance\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lyft’s insurance\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, for example, covers damage to a car up to its actual cash value, if the driver already has comprehensive and collision coverage. Uber’s insurance covers physical damage to the car, \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/drive/insurance/\">regardless of who is at fault\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">StokesOliver herself narrowly avoided an assault while driving for DoorDash.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“As I bent over to arrange [the food] at the door, I saw the gun in his hand,” StokesOliver said of the stranger who followed her to the door. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She pulled out her phone and said she had to take a picture of the order and send it to DoorDash. She said once the man saw her phone, he pulled the gun away and left. StokesOliver was horrified and hurried back to her car. Her 10-year-old son was in the back seat. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As she drove away, StokesOliver kept the app open and ignored alerts to move to the next order until she felt safe enough to report the incident. StokesOliver said she was assured the company would look into what happened. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I was hoping they would send the police to that address,” StokesOliver said. “They never contacted me to tell me that they notified the police or [encouraged me] to make a police report. There was just none of that.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">StokesOliver left gig work soon after. She feels unsafe because of the lack of protections. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>“\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was now time for me to protect my 10-year-old and make sure that he can make it to his teens,” StokesOliver said. “I don't want those types of violences affecting him and his lifestyle.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11910759/gig-workers-find-few-safeguards-despite-working-in-dangerous-industry","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_27510","news_17994","news_26585","news_26746","news_353"],"featImg":"news_11910763","label":"news"},"news_11899604":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11899604","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11899604","score":null,"sort":[1639776616000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"californias-unemployment-rate-falls-to-pre-pandemic-levels-but-still-lags-behind-other-states","title":"California's Jobless Rate Falls to Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Still Remains Highest in the Nation","publishDate":1639776616,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Hiring in California slowed significantly in November even as the state’s unemployment rate dipped below 7% for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, according to new data released Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though California’s unemployment rate fell to 6.9% in November from 7.3% in October, the state still has the highest jobless rate of all U.S. states, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data showed that California employers filled 45,700 new jobs last month. That’s less than half of the jobs the state gained in October, but it was still enough to account for nearly 22% of all U.S. job growth in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11888843\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/EDD-UNEMPLOYMENT-1020x680.jpg\"]California has added 977,200 new jobs since February, a feat Gov. Gavin Newsom called “an unprecedented achievement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the state lost 2.7 million jobs in March and April of 2020, back when Newsom issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order that forced many businesses to close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nineteen months later, California has regained nearly 70% of those jobs. That’s compared to 82% of jobs recovered nationwide since the start of the pandemic, according to Sung Won Sohn, professor of finance and economics at Loyola Marymount University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California “continues to see a robust recovery, creating nearly 22% of the nation’s jobs in November and the largest unemployment rate decrease since February, there’s still more work to be done getting folks back to work and supporting those hardest hit by the pandemic,” said Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White-collar office jobs accounted for more than 41% of California’s job gains in November, followed by gains in the sectors of education, health services, and leisure and hospitality, which includes restaurants and hotels. Construction jobs declined by 1,700, mostly because of employment losses for specialty trade contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties in the Bay Area, which have some of the state’s wealthiest residents, registered the lowest unemployment rates. Marin County had 2.9% unemployment, followed by Santa Clara County at 3.2% and San Francisco at 3.3%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sung Won Sohn, professor at Loyola Marymount University\"]'I don't think workers are in any hurry to go back to work … the longer they wait, the higher wage they are going to get.'[/pullquote]Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous county with nearly 10 million residents, had a 7.1% unemployment rate. The county has a disproportionate number of service industry jobs, including in restaurants and hotels, that employers have had trouble finding workers for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial County, which borders Arizona and Mexico, had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 15.5%, which is typical for that county’s rural economy that relies mostly on agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other sparsely populated Central Valley counties with traditionally high unemployment rates posted numbers below the statewide average — including Shasta, Butte and Madera counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That shows the state’s job growth is not limited to the state’s population centers along the coast, said Michael Bernick, a former director of the Employment Development Department and a lawyer at the Duane Morris law firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Other parts of the state are gaining and in fact doing better than they did throughout much of the pre-pandemic times,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='economy']The new unemployment data is based on surveys taken the week of Nov. 12. That survey showed that California’s workforce — defined as the number of people who are either working or looking for work — increased by 17,900 people in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the percentage of people in California’s workforce compared to the overall population remains below the U.S. level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California has averaged more than 97,000 new jobs per month since February, the state still had 1.1 million job openings at the end of October, according to the new data. That number has persisted since August as employers have struggled to find workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think workers are in any hurry to go back to work,” Sohn said. “The longer they wait, the higher wage they are going to get. And there are lots of jobs to choose from.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Even though California has added almost 1 million new jobs since February, the state still has the highest jobless rate of all U.S. states.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1639784161,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":754},"headData":{"title":"California's Jobless Rate Falls to Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Still Remains Highest in the Nation | KQED","description":"Even though California has added almost 1 million new jobs since February, the state still has the highest jobless rate of all U.S. states.","ogTitle":"California's Jobless Rate Falls to Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Still Remains Highest in the Nation","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"California's Jobless Rate Falls to Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Still Remains Highest in the Nation","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11899604 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11899604","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/12/17/californias-unemployment-rate-falls-to-pre-pandemic-levels-but-still-lags-behind-other-states/","disqusTitle":"California's Jobless Rate Falls to Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Still Remains Highest in the Nation","nprByline":"Adam Beam\u003cbr>The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11899604/californias-unemployment-rate-falls-to-pre-pandemic-levels-but-still-lags-behind-other-states","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hiring in California slowed significantly in November even as the state’s unemployment rate dipped below 7% for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, according to new data released Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though California’s unemployment rate fell to 6.9% in November from 7.3% in October, the state still has the highest jobless rate of all U.S. states, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data showed that California employers filled 45,700 new jobs last month. That’s less than half of the jobs the state gained in October, but it was still enough to account for nearly 22% of all U.S. job growth in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11888843","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/EDD-UNEMPLOYMENT-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>California has added 977,200 new jobs since February, a feat Gov. Gavin Newsom called “an unprecedented achievement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the state lost 2.7 million jobs in March and April of 2020, back when Newsom issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order that forced many businesses to close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nineteen months later, California has regained nearly 70% of those jobs. That’s compared to 82% of jobs recovered nationwide since the start of the pandemic, according to Sung Won Sohn, professor of finance and economics at Loyola Marymount University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California “continues to see a robust recovery, creating nearly 22% of the nation’s jobs in November and the largest unemployment rate decrease since February, there’s still more work to be done getting folks back to work and supporting those hardest hit by the pandemic,” said Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White-collar office jobs accounted for more than 41% of California’s job gains in November, followed by gains in the sectors of education, health services, and leisure and hospitality, which includes restaurants and hotels. Construction jobs declined by 1,700, mostly because of employment losses for specialty trade contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties in the Bay Area, which have some of the state’s wealthiest residents, registered the lowest unemployment rates. Marin County had 2.9% unemployment, followed by Santa Clara County at 3.2% and San Francisco at 3.3%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I don't think workers are in any hurry to go back to work … the longer they wait, the higher wage they are going to get.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Sung Won Sohn, professor at Loyola Marymount University","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous county with nearly 10 million residents, had a 7.1% unemployment rate. The county has a disproportionate number of service industry jobs, including in restaurants and hotels, that employers have had trouble finding workers for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial County, which borders Arizona and Mexico, had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 15.5%, which is typical for that county’s rural economy that relies mostly on agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other sparsely populated Central Valley counties with traditionally high unemployment rates posted numbers below the statewide average — including Shasta, Butte and Madera counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That shows the state’s job growth is not limited to the state’s population centers along the coast, said Michael Bernick, a former director of the Employment Development Department and a lawyer at the Duane Morris law firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Other parts of the state are gaining and in fact doing better than they did throughout much of the pre-pandemic times,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Coverage ","tag":"economy"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The new unemployment data is based on surveys taken the week of Nov. 12. That survey showed that California’s workforce — defined as the number of people who are either working or looking for work — increased by 17,900 people in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the percentage of people in California’s workforce compared to the overall population remains below the U.S. level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California has averaged more than 97,000 new jobs per month since February, the state still had 1.1 million job openings at the end of October, according to the new data. That number has persisted since August as employers have struggled to find workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think workers are in any hurry to go back to work,” Sohn said. “The longer they wait, the higher wage they are going to get. 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The kind of job where a person is employed by one company and gets things like health insurance, paid sick days, and at least minimum wage. Today, all kinds of businesses from Uber to janitorial companies argue they’ve come up with something better: “gig work,” in which workers are independent contractors, not employees. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But some workers in California are pushing back against the “gig economy. \" After Jerry Vasquez started working as a janitor, with a business that promised he’d be his own boss, he began to question just how independent he really was.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week we’re talking with Krissy Clark, host of Marketplace’s documentary podcast “The Uncertain Hour.\" She features Jerry's story in her special series, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.marketplace.org/shows/the-uncertain-hour/\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">This Thing We Used to Call Employment\u003c/span>\u003c/a>.” She says what happened to him could have a huge impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and our whole economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"How can a worker in California, in the 21st century, get stuck making less than minimum wage?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1639096848,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":6,"wordCount":201},"headData":{"title":"How The “Gig Economy” Changes Work: One Janitor's Story | KQED","description":"How can a worker in California, in the 21st century, get stuck making less than minimum wage?","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11898302 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11898302","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/12/10/how-the-gig-economy-changes-work-one-janitors-story/","disqusTitle":"How The “Gig Economy” Changes Work: One Janitor's Story","source":"The California Report Magazine","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/","audioUrl":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC1647232082.mp3?updated=1639096864","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11898302/how-the-gig-economy-changes-work-one-janitors-story","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">These days, It can be a lot harder to find what you might call a “good” job. The kind of job where a person is employed by one company and gets things like health insurance, paid sick days, and at least minimum wage. Today, all kinds of businesses from Uber to janitorial companies argue they’ve come up with something better: “gig work,” in which workers are independent contractors, not employees. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But some workers in California are pushing back against the “gig economy. \" After Jerry Vasquez started working as a janitor, with a business that promised he’d be his own boss, he began to question just how independent he really was.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week we’re talking with Krissy Clark, host of Marketplace’s documentary podcast “The Uncertain Hour.\" She features Jerry's story in her special series, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.marketplace.org/shows/the-uncertain-hour/\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">This Thing We Used to Call Employment\u003c/span>\u003c/a>.” She says what happened to him could have a huge impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and our whole economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11898302/how-the-gig-economy-changes-work-one-janitors-story","authors":["236"],"programs":["news_72","news_26731"],"categories":["news_1758"],"tags":["news_548","news_17994","news_30361","news_30359","news_19948","news_2938","news_30363","news_30360","news_30362","news_6387"],"featImg":"news_11898313","label":"source_news_11898302"},"news_11893995":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11893995","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11893995","score":null,"sort":[1635364277000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"few-low-wage-workers-get-to-vote-on-unions-can-california-change-that","title":"Few Low-Wage Workers Get to Vote on Unions. Can California Change That?","publishDate":1635364277,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]hirley Reyes tucked herself next to her 17-year-old son on the couch, peppering him with questions about unions as he googled the cost and benefits of collective bargaining on his phone. Reyes, a Filipina single mother, was inquisitive — and a little anxious. Some labor representatives had already knocked on their cramped in-law unit in Daly City, a majority Asian community south of San Francisco. She wondered if she was risking one of her jobs cleaning hotel rooms simply by talking to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her son’s findings began to put her at ease. Unions aim to negotiate higher wages and better benefits for workers. It’s likely the surgery she had six years ago would have cost her less under union-negotiated health insurance. After months of hushed discussions at work, Reyes was handed an official secret ballot. It was a yes or no question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do you wish to be represented for purposes of collective bargaining by UNITE HERE Local 2? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a question a vast number of California workers, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.labor.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/338/2019/12/CA_Future_of_Work_Commission-onboarding.pdf#page=21\">third of whom make $15 an hour or less\u003c/a>, haven’t had the opportunity to answer. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-unions-explained/\">Union participation is at historic lows\u003c/a> and collective bargaining is less prevalent in retail, restaurants and hotels — segments of the private sector with high concentrations of low-wage jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California wants to change that. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.labor.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/338/2021/02/ca-future-of-work-report.pdf#page=7\">Future of Work Commission\u003c/a>, convened by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to think of moon shot goals for lifting millions of working Californians out of poverty, proposed getting more workers represented as part of the solution to stemming the state’s staggering wage gap. The commission, which included labor and business leaders, asserted in their final report released earlier this year that while a college degree reduces the chance of a low-wage job by 33%, union membership reduces the chance by 39%. That could go a long way in a state where \u003ca href=\"https://www.unitedwaysca.org/realcost\">1 in 3 households with working adults struggle to afford basic necessities\u003c/a>, while the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/income-inequality-in-california/\">top 2% control 20% of the wealth\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/5620f835-9623-4f14-a4dd-ef9d8a3326ff?src=embed\" title=\"Prompt for Union Series\" width=\"800\" height=\"350\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission urges employers and employees to reach agreement on a new social compact that would foster quality jobs over the next decade. But first that requires building consensus around the basic principle of giving workers a greater voice, whether through unions or worker organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn’t happened yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Diminished voices\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The rapid growth of \u003ca href=\"https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/9789264246010-en.pdf?expires=1635363163&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=31B89D82960E3F484956293A05BFCB0F\">high-skilled tech jobs and the loss of industrial jobs to global labor markets\u003c/a> have significantly widened the gap between rich and poor people. At the same time, worker organization has diminished: The share of \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/94x791km\">California workers in a union has steadily declined from about 40% in the 1950s\u003c/a> to 16% last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union participation is especially low in the private sector, which makes up 84% of the state workforce. Today, 1 in 10 private-sector workers belongs to a union, compared to 1 in 2 in the public sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/653dee32-250b-4402-b4df-cb40c8928e23?src=embed\" title=\"Public vs. private union workers\" width=\"800\" height=\"709\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet these private-sector workers are most in need of a voice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous reports have documented the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/07/california-covid-deepening-income-inequality-data/\">pandemic’s disproportionate impact on essential workers\u003c/a>, many of whom are immigrants and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2020/05/pandemic-immigrant-women-unemployment-job-loss/\">women of color\u003c/a>. Many low-wage workers are employed in the service economy, such as retail, hospitality and tourism. They are the ones making and delivering food, producing and packaging goods, and cleaning and caring for others but unable to keep up with their own bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Reyes, who works at the Marriott Waterfront, voting yes to a union worked out for the better. After the contract was signed Aug. 4, Reyes’s wage will rise from $19.80 to $24.30 over the next year. Her health insurance premium dropped from $250 a month to $35. Dental insurance and the option of a 401(k) or pension plans were added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11894001 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3-800x534.jpg\" alt='A multistory beige, windowed building with the one-story, red letters spelling \"Marriott\" toward the top.' width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An exterior view of the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront in Burlingame, where Shirley Reyes works as a housekeeper, on Sept. 8, 2021. \u003ccite>(Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]R[/dropcap]eyes began putting $200 a month toward her son’s college tuition, pulling back on her long work days and, her favorite part, cooking dinner for her son. Though Reyes was laid off during the pandemic, the union contract gave her priority to return. When the company began rehiring, Reyes was among the first back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not scared anymore,” Reyes said. “We have a contract now. We have job security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of MIT researchers surveyed workers nationally in 2017 and found that about \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0019793918806250\">half of nonunionized workers would vote to join a union\u003c/a>. That’s up from 32% in 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, not all workers agree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sylvia Beltran, who was formerly unionized as an usher at the SAP Center in San José and now does freelance photography, isn’t looking for collective bargaining. Dues are high, and she enjoys her freelance schedule unconstricted by a contract. A few unions have been beset by \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/article255081222.html\">power struggles\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article254976772.html\">leadership scandals\u003c/a> lately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Unions] feel more like a corporation,” she said. “I think they are more in it to make money and less interested in workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Unions can reduce inequality — at a cost\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Some researchers say the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nber.org/papers/w24587\">decline in union membership has contributed to at least 10% of the wealth divide\u003c/a>, according to a 2018 study published in the National Bureau of Economic Research. Henry Farber, an economics professor at Princeton University who co-authored the study, said because wealth inequality is linked to stagnating wages that hurt the lowest-paid workers, unions can act as a counterbalance by lifting up the bottom through wages and benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union workers in California are more likely to receive health care through their employers and to earn nearly 13% higher wages than nonunionized workers in similar industries, and they are 50% more likely to have an employer-sponsored retirement plan, according to \u003ca href=\"https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2018/Union-Effect-in-California-1.pdf\">a report by the UC Berkeley Labor Center\u003c/a>. Those advantages put an estimated $18.5 billion annually into the hands of lower-income Californians, reducing their reliance on public safety nets and helping to stave off poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions, however, come at a cost to businesses, which argue that the loss of profits will lead to fewer jobs, and the rigidity of union contracts will make it hard to adapt to change. Research from the ‘90s found that \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-232X.1992.tb00299.x\">unionization slows the rate at which a company adds new jobs by 4 percentage points a year\u003c/a>. Another study published more recently in The Quarterly Journal of Economics looked at the market value of publicly traded companies before and after they were unionized. It found that \u003ca href=\"https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/127/1/333/1834007?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">a union election victory led to a roughly 10% decrease in the company’s market value\u003c/a>. And, thanks to a tight labor market, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2021/08/labor-shortage-hiring-incentives-yoga-therapy-401k/\">wages have been increasing for workers\u003c/a> in typically lower-paying leisure and hospitality jobs, despite low union density.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11892723,news_11862641,news_11890056\" label=\"Related Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even a member of the Future of Work commission who signed his name to the report recommending the state “empower worker voice and organization” notes that unions aren’t the only way to quality jobs. Lance Hastings, president and CEO of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association, says his organization focuses on workforce development and training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to the commission’s proposal of increasing union representation to decrease inequality, Hastings says: “Where we can find the balance where that helps in the workforce, we’re all for it.” But, he adds, the conversation about improving workers’ lot can’t begin and end with just paying everyone more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Swaim, president of the right-leaning California Policy Center, takes it one step further. Broadly speaking, he says, a union’s goal is simply to raise wages for its members at whatever cost. And that cost, ultimately, is passed along to all Californians who use the products and services union members make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unionized labor agreements for construction projects, for example, can drive up the cost of housing. In 2016, Los Angeles voters passed a $1.2 billion bond for housing for unhoused residents. The city council required that developers constructing over 65 units must use a mostly unionized workforce. The effect, according to research from RAND, a nonpartisan research organization headquartered in Santa Monica, was that \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1362-1.html\">projects cost an additional $43,000 per unit and disincentivized developers from building projects with more than 65 units\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on a simulation, the researchers estimated that 800 more units would have been built were it not for the labor agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>That time labor and gig companies failed to compromise\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In many ways, California’s wrangling over the employment status of gig workers has been a proxy battle for unionizing an emerging crop of low-wage jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, as labor groups pushed California to classify freelancers as employees through \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5\">a bill\u003c/a>, some large unions, including Service Employees International Union and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, took part in private negotiations with the gig companies. In a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Open-Forum-Uber-Lyft-ready-to-do-our-part-for-13969843.php\">ride-share executives wrote they’d be willing to work with labor groups\u003c/a> and lawmakers on providing some benefits to drivers, some information on driver pay and supporting the formation of a nonunion drivers association. Perhaps it would have looked something like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/technology/uber-agrees-to-union-deal-in-new-york.html\">Independent Drivers Guild Uber recognized in New York\u003c/a>, an association without the full powers of a union, which has faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/business/economy/uber-drivers-union.html\">criticism for being funded directly by Uber\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It didn’t hurt to sit down and see whether there was a deal to be worked out, says Rome Aloise, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 853, who took part in the negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hope, he said, was to secure the right to collectively bargain for gig workers and ultimately improve their livelihoods. But, he said, the labor movement as a whole was adamant that the workers become employees. And the companies “weren’t really able to get themselves to the point” where they would accept unions negotiating on workers' behalf over wages and benefits, said Aloise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That made it impossible for the Teamsters to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here was also pushback from within labor’s ranks. Some argued that unions should not compromise on gig workers gaining employee status, established under \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/S222732.PDF\">a landmark state Supreme Court ruling in 2018\u003c/a>. Negotiations stalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September 2019, the Legislature passed the bill and Newsom signed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber, Lyft and other gig companies quickly put a measure on the ballot in 2020 that exempted gig workers from the new law — and prevented drivers from unionizing. After \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-22-gig-workers-ab-5/\">companies spent $205 million\u003c/a>, nearly \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-22-gig-workers-ab-5/\">59% of Californians voted to approve\u003c/a> the ballot measure, Proposition 22. Drivers, they decided, would remain freelancers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the passage of Proposition 22, Lyft’s president, John Zimmer, told \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Uber-Lyft-shares-soar-following-passage-of-15701236.php\">The Chronicle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-05/prop-22-win-lyft-founder-union-deal-california\">The Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> that the company was still willing to negotiate with labor to increase benefits for drivers while maintaining their independent contractor status. Zimmer also said he was open to sectoral bargaining, when employers and workers negotiate baseline compensation and safety standards that cover most or all of the workers in an industry, not just a single workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft spokesperson CJ Macklin confirmed that remains the company’s position today. “We continue to remain open to working with labor to further strengthen benefits and protections for drivers in ways that also maintain their independence and flexibility,” wrote Macklin in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber’s position for further negotiations is less clear. “Uber remains committed to making independent work better — including supporting policies that provide access to new benefits while protecting the flexibility drivers value most,” wrote Uber spokesperson Austin Heyworth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor leaders remain divided on whether to compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are still two schools of thought within the labor movement on the path forward for organizing gig workers, says Steve Smith, spokesperson for the California Labor Federation. There’s a camp that says, “No way, no how,” to organizing workers without employee status. Then, says Smith, there are folks who look at the current situation and say: “These folks are without any basic protections. How can we give them not only protections that other workers have in law, but also the right to organize?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 22 guaranteed some driver benefits and compensation, including 30 cents per mile toward expenses, and 120% of minimum wage for their minutes of engaged time driving passengers. That could work out to as little \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2020/10/gig-worker-pay-prop-22/\">as $5.64 per hour or as much as $27.58 per hour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue of gig worker classification isn’t dead yet. In late August, a state Superior Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-08-20/prop-22-unconstitutional\">judge found that the ballot measure was unconstitutional\u003c/a> and could not be enforced. The judge noted the language aimed at banning drivers from unionizing ought to be considered separate legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition that represents the \u003ca href=\"https://protectdriversandservices.com/prop-22-proponents-statement-in-response-to-seriously-flawed-alameda-superior-court-judge-ruling/\">gig companies pledged to appeal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 22 is overturned in the courts, and gig workers are able to unionize, Smith says that the organizing that has been ongoing since the passage of the proposition will “become more vigorous and urgent.” Whether or not labor would be willing to head back to the negotiating table with gig companies isn’t yet determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s former chief of staff, Ann O’Leary, tweeted that these skirmishes won’t really end until labor and business reach a broader pact for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Ann_OLeary/status/1428926022771118096?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Labor leaders focus on political influence\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On a sunny Saturday morning just before Newsom’s Sept. 14 recall election, about 100 union workers gathered in an Oakland parking lot, standing in small groups and chatting while a musician strummed a guitar and sang pro-organizing songs. It was one of several door-knocking events unions coordinated to turn out voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the labor movement, we pride ourselves on turning out the labor vote in big numbers,” Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, who had flown in from Washington, D.C., for the event, told the crowd. “We need to get all of the turnout that we can possibly find in these last four days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions representing both public- and private-sector workers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/10/newsom-recall-big-donors/\">gave more than $25.7 million\u003c/a> to counter the recall effort, more than the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-22-gig-workers-ab-5/\">$20 million\u003c/a> they had put into the Proposition 22 fight. After the election was called in favor of keeping Newsom, the California Labor Federation released a statement saying that workers completed more than 20,000 volunteer shifts to get out the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said labor volunteering sealed Newsom’s win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894006\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11894006 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two women in matching black T-shirts with red writing, look at flyers in their hands as they wait at a screen door on a porch.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erika Sanchez, a cafeteria worker at Verizon and member of UNITE HERE Local 2, canvasses homes in San José in support of Gov. Gavin Newsom before the recall election, on Sept. 12, 2021. \u003ccite>(Jesse Bedayn/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]“W[/dropcap]e like to tell our folks that [at] the bargaining table, you inevitably will find an employer on the other side who fears you more if you’ve got political power,” says Art Pulaski, executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions are a major political force in California, and they dedicate funds and volunteer hours to their political goals. In the 2018 state legislative races, for example, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/10/california-lawmakers-big-donors-special-interest-independent-expenditures/\">teachers unions and prison guard unions were among the top donors\u003c/a>. During this legislative cycle, labor counted a number of state wins in the form of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-legislature-bills-passed-2021/\">workplace protections for warehouse workers and better pay for garment workers\u003c/a>. At the federal level, labor has made the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, a legislative priority to ease unionization drives by increasing penalties on businesses for unfair labor practices and requiring employees covered by union contracts to pay dues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Art Pulaski, California Labor Federation executive secretary-treasurer\"]'We like to tell our folks that [at] the bargaining table, you inevitably will find an employer on the other side who fears you more if you've got political power.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s been a debate within labor circles over whether unions are devoting enough resources to recruiting new members and growing the labor movement. This debate over priorities reemerged \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/business/richard-trumka-dead.html\">after the death of former AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka\u003c/a>, who focused more on political advocacy and fostered close relationships with the Obama and Biden administrations. \u003ca href=\"https://splinternews.com/afl-cio-budget-is-a-stark-illustration-of-the-decline-o-1834793722\">Leaked AFL-CIO budget documents show\u003c/a> that under Trumka’s tenure, the nation’s foremost labor federation went from spending nearly 30% of its budget on organizing to 10%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California, there’s a fair amount of variation in how much money unions devote to recruiting new members, says Pulaski. The federation recommends that unions spend at least 20% of their annual budget on recruiting new members, sometimes with high-profile disappointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A couple years ago, for example, Tesla beat back a unionization drive at its Fremont plant. The electric carmaker \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/30/20891314/elon-musk-tesla-labor-violation-nlrb\">banned workers\u003c/a> from wearing pro-union garb, attempted to shift four pro-union workers to management positions so that they could no longer advocate for a union, and fired a worker. Security guards harassed workers handing out union pamphlets in the parking lot. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/998454539941367808\">Elon Musk even sent a tweet\u003c/a>, seeming to threaten that if workers unionized they’d lose their stock options. There was never a union election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, some private-sector unions have made gains in recent years. \u003ca href=\"https://unitehere.org/\">UNITE HERE\u003c/a>, a union for service workers, claims to be the \u003ca href=\"https://unitehere.org/press-releases/unite-here-celebrates-five-years-of-record-growth-declaring-one-job-should-be-enough-at-2019-international-union-convention/\">fastest-growing private union\u003c/a>, expanding their ranks by 62,000 since 2014 to 300,000 across the United States and Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, 40,000 workers became eligible to unionize in July 2020 when home child care workers voted to form a union under \u003ca href=\"https://childcareprovidersunited.org/\">Child Care Providers United\u003c/a>. Those workers won their first contract about a year later in June 2021, which included state-funded rate increases and funding for training.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Amazon: The next frontier\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Following a failed vote to unionize an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, the \u003ca href=\"https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/62421CONVENTIONRESOLUTIONAMAZON.pdf\">Teamsters announced a drive at Amazon warehouses nationwide\u003c/a>. The union even launched a new division dedicated to organizing the online behemoth. Their strategy will pressure the second-largest employer in the country on all fronts: recruit from warehouses, raise public awareness and lean on political allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, that starts by leveraging existing Teamsters members at non-Amazon worksites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ron Herrera, international vice president of the western region for the Teamsters and secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 396 in Southern California, likened the unionization drive to taking a bite out of a whale to try to kill it. “It’s going to be extremely difficult,” he said. Teamsters are recruiting volunteers from existing ranks to help with worker outreach because Amazon warehouses have far more employees than typical bargaining units. \u003ca href=\"https://www.aboutamazon.com/investing-in-the-u-s\">Amazon has more than 153,000 workers in California\u003c/a>, many of them in warehouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon spokesperson Maria Boschetti said employees have a choice but the company believes unions will get in the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” Boschetti wrote in an email. “Every day we empower people to find ways to improve their jobs, and when they do that we want to make those changes — quickly. That type of continuous improvement is harder to do quickly and nimbly with unions in the middle. The benefits of direct relationships between managers and employees can’t be overstated — these relationships allow every employee’s voice to be heard, not just the voices of a select few.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tarting in September, Teamsters members across the Bay Area are being trained to canvas their communities as Amazon buys property in San Francisco, and potentially in Richmond, Pleasanton, Gilroy and San José, according to Doug Bloch, political director of Teamsters Joint Council 7, which covers Northern California, and a member of the Future of Work Commission. Workers are trained to speak to residents about, in part, the importance of unionizing Amazon plants and encourage them to call local politicians, who vote on new Amazon plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor leaders say the Bay Area, which has sympathetic local politicians, will be an important region in which to mount their campaign. Bloch said unions will press city council members and county supervisors to hold Amazon accountable, and to require better wages and benefits, and even to ask the company to be neutral during a union drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the place to bring the fight to Amazon,” said Bloch, who hopes that early union successes here will begin to spread east. Already, the Teamsters are using a new state law requiring warehouses to disclose to workers any quotas or work speed standards as evidence that unions benefit workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloch said he’s even open to pursuing sectoral bargaining. Unlike unionization, one form of sectoral bargaining could begin with state legislation to designate an appointed council to negotiate wages and benefits on behalf of all warehouse workers in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything,” he says, “is on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article is part of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-divide/\">California Divide\u003c/a> project, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequality and economic survival in California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Facing a staggering wealth gap, California suggests increasing union participation among low-wage workers, noting that union membership reduces working poverty better than a college degree. But getting more workers to vote on unions will require businesses and unions to compromise. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1635371586,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":true,"iframeSrcs":["https://e.infogram.com/5620f835-9623-4f14-a4dd-ef9d8a3326ff","https://e.infogram.com/653dee32-250b-4402-b4df-cb40c8928e23"],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":72,"wordCount":3577},"headData":{"title":"Few Low-Wage Workers Get to Vote on Unions. Can California Change That? | KQED","description":"Facing a staggering wealth gap, California suggests increasing union participation among low-wage workers, noting that union membership reduces working poverty better than a college degree. But getting more workers to vote on unions will require businesses and unions to compromise. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11893995 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11893995","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/10/27/few-low-wage-workers-get-to-vote-on-unions-can-california-change-that/","disqusTitle":"Few Low-Wage Workers Get to Vote on Unions. Can California Change That?","source":"CalMatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","nprByline":"Grace Gedye and Jesse Bedayn\u003cbr>CalMatters","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11893995/few-low-wage-workers-get-to-vote-on-unions-can-california-change-that","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">S\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>hirley Reyes tucked herself next to her 17-year-old son on the couch, peppering him with questions about unions as he googled the cost and benefits of collective bargaining on his phone. Reyes, a Filipina single mother, was inquisitive — and a little anxious. Some labor representatives had already knocked on their cramped in-law unit in Daly City, a majority Asian community south of San Francisco. She wondered if she was risking one of her jobs cleaning hotel rooms simply by talking to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her son’s findings began to put her at ease. Unions aim to negotiate higher wages and better benefits for workers. It’s likely the surgery she had six years ago would have cost her less under union-negotiated health insurance. After months of hushed discussions at work, Reyes was handed an official secret ballot. It was a yes or no question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do you wish to be represented for purposes of collective bargaining by UNITE HERE Local 2? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a question a vast number of California workers, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.labor.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/338/2019/12/CA_Future_of_Work_Commission-onboarding.pdf#page=21\">third of whom make $15 an hour or less\u003c/a>, haven’t had the opportunity to answer. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-unions-explained/\">Union participation is at historic lows\u003c/a> and collective bargaining is less prevalent in retail, restaurants and hotels — segments of the private sector with high concentrations of low-wage jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California wants to change that. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.labor.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/338/2021/02/ca-future-of-work-report.pdf#page=7\">Future of Work Commission\u003c/a>, convened by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to think of moon shot goals for lifting millions of working Californians out of poverty, proposed getting more workers represented as part of the solution to stemming the state’s staggering wage gap. The commission, which included labor and business leaders, asserted in their final report released earlier this year that while a college degree reduces the chance of a low-wage job by 33%, union membership reduces the chance by 39%. That could go a long way in a state where \u003ca href=\"https://www.unitedwaysca.org/realcost\">1 in 3 households with working adults struggle to afford basic necessities\u003c/a>, while the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/income-inequality-in-california/\">top 2% control 20% of the wealth\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/5620f835-9623-4f14-a4dd-ef9d8a3326ff?src=embed\" title=\"Prompt for Union Series\" width=\"800\" height=\"350\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission urges employers and employees to reach agreement on a new social compact that would foster quality jobs over the next decade. But first that requires building consensus around the basic principle of giving workers a greater voice, whether through unions or worker organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn’t happened yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Diminished voices\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The rapid growth of \u003ca href=\"https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/9789264246010-en.pdf?expires=1635363163&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=31B89D82960E3F484956293A05BFCB0F\">high-skilled tech jobs and the loss of industrial jobs to global labor markets\u003c/a> have significantly widened the gap between rich and poor people. At the same time, worker organization has diminished: The share of \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/94x791km\">California workers in a union has steadily declined from about 40% in the 1950s\u003c/a> to 16% last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union participation is especially low in the private sector, which makes up 84% of the state workforce. Today, 1 in 10 private-sector workers belongs to a union, compared to 1 in 2 in the public sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/653dee32-250b-4402-b4df-cb40c8928e23?src=embed\" title=\"Public vs. private union workers\" width=\"800\" height=\"709\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet these private-sector workers are most in need of a voice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous reports have documented the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/07/california-covid-deepening-income-inequality-data/\">pandemic’s disproportionate impact on essential workers\u003c/a>, many of whom are immigrants and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2020/05/pandemic-immigrant-women-unemployment-job-loss/\">women of color\u003c/a>. Many low-wage workers are employed in the service economy, such as retail, hospitality and tourism. They are the ones making and delivering food, producing and packaging goods, and cleaning and caring for others but unable to keep up with their own bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Reyes, who works at the Marriott Waterfront, voting yes to a union worked out for the better. After the contract was signed Aug. 4, Reyes’s wage will rise from $19.80 to $24.30 over the next year. Her health insurance premium dropped from $250 a month to $35. Dental insurance and the option of a 401(k) or pension plans were added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11894001 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3-800x534.jpg\" alt='A multistory beige, windowed building with the one-story, red letters spelling \"Marriott\" toward the top.' width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Shirley-Reyes-100621-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An exterior view of the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront in Burlingame, where Shirley Reyes works as a housekeeper, on Sept. 8, 2021. \u003ccite>(Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">R\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>eyes began putting $200 a month toward her son’s college tuition, pulling back on her long work days and, her favorite part, cooking dinner for her son. Though Reyes was laid off during the pandemic, the union contract gave her priority to return. When the company began rehiring, Reyes was among the first back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not scared anymore,” Reyes said. “We have a contract now. We have job security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of MIT researchers surveyed workers nationally in 2017 and found that about \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0019793918806250\">half of nonunionized workers would vote to join a union\u003c/a>. That’s up from 32% in 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, not all workers agree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sylvia Beltran, who was formerly unionized as an usher at the SAP Center in San José and now does freelance photography, isn’t looking for collective bargaining. Dues are high, and she enjoys her freelance schedule unconstricted by a contract. A few unions have been beset by \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/article255081222.html\">power struggles\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article254976772.html\">leadership scandals\u003c/a> lately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Unions] feel more like a corporation,” she said. “I think they are more in it to make money and less interested in workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Unions can reduce inequality — at a cost\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Some researchers say the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nber.org/papers/w24587\">decline in union membership has contributed to at least 10% of the wealth divide\u003c/a>, according to a 2018 study published in the National Bureau of Economic Research. Henry Farber, an economics professor at Princeton University who co-authored the study, said because wealth inequality is linked to stagnating wages that hurt the lowest-paid workers, unions can act as a counterbalance by lifting up the bottom through wages and benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union workers in California are more likely to receive health care through their employers and to earn nearly 13% higher wages than nonunionized workers in similar industries, and they are 50% more likely to have an employer-sponsored retirement plan, according to \u003ca href=\"https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2018/Union-Effect-in-California-1.pdf\">a report by the UC Berkeley Labor Center\u003c/a>. Those advantages put an estimated $18.5 billion annually into the hands of lower-income Californians, reducing their reliance on public safety nets and helping to stave off poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions, however, come at a cost to businesses, which argue that the loss of profits will lead to fewer jobs, and the rigidity of union contracts will make it hard to adapt to change. Research from the ‘90s found that \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-232X.1992.tb00299.x\">unionization slows the rate at which a company adds new jobs by 4 percentage points a year\u003c/a>. Another study published more recently in The Quarterly Journal of Economics looked at the market value of publicly traded companies before and after they were unionized. It found that \u003ca href=\"https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/127/1/333/1834007?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">a union election victory led to a roughly 10% decrease in the company’s market value\u003c/a>. And, thanks to a tight labor market, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2021/08/labor-shortage-hiring-incentives-yoga-therapy-401k/\">wages have been increasing for workers\u003c/a> in typically lower-paying leisure and hospitality jobs, despite low union density.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11892723,news_11862641,news_11890056","label":"Related Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even a member of the Future of Work commission who signed his name to the report recommending the state “empower worker voice and organization” notes that unions aren’t the only way to quality jobs. Lance Hastings, president and CEO of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association, says his organization focuses on workforce development and training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to the commission’s proposal of increasing union representation to decrease inequality, Hastings says: “Where we can find the balance where that helps in the workforce, we’re all for it.” But, he adds, the conversation about improving workers’ lot can’t begin and end with just paying everyone more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Swaim, president of the right-leaning California Policy Center, takes it one step further. Broadly speaking, he says, a union’s goal is simply to raise wages for its members at whatever cost. And that cost, ultimately, is passed along to all Californians who use the products and services union members make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unionized labor agreements for construction projects, for example, can drive up the cost of housing. In 2016, Los Angeles voters passed a $1.2 billion bond for housing for unhoused residents. The city council required that developers constructing over 65 units must use a mostly unionized workforce. The effect, according to research from RAND, a nonpartisan research organization headquartered in Santa Monica, was that \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1362-1.html\">projects cost an additional $43,000 per unit and disincentivized developers from building projects with more than 65 units\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on a simulation, the researchers estimated that 800 more units would have been built were it not for the labor agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>That time labor and gig companies failed to compromise\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In many ways, California’s wrangling over the employment status of gig workers has been a proxy battle for unionizing an emerging crop of low-wage jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, as labor groups pushed California to classify freelancers as employees through \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5\">a bill\u003c/a>, some large unions, including Service Employees International Union and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, took part in private negotiations with the gig companies. In a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Open-Forum-Uber-Lyft-ready-to-do-our-part-for-13969843.php\">ride-share executives wrote they’d be willing to work with labor groups\u003c/a> and lawmakers on providing some benefits to drivers, some information on driver pay and supporting the formation of a nonunion drivers association. Perhaps it would have looked something like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/technology/uber-agrees-to-union-deal-in-new-york.html\">Independent Drivers Guild Uber recognized in New York\u003c/a>, an association without the full powers of a union, which has faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/business/economy/uber-drivers-union.html\">criticism for being funded directly by Uber\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It didn’t hurt to sit down and see whether there was a deal to be worked out, says Rome Aloise, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 853, who took part in the negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hope, he said, was to secure the right to collectively bargain for gig workers and ultimately improve their livelihoods. But, he said, the labor movement as a whole was adamant that the workers become employees. And the companies “weren’t really able to get themselves to the point” where they would accept unions negotiating on workers' behalf over wages and benefits, said Aloise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That made it impossible for the Teamsters to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>here was also pushback from within labor’s ranks. Some argued that unions should not compromise on gig workers gaining employee status, established under \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/S222732.PDF\">a landmark state Supreme Court ruling in 2018\u003c/a>. Negotiations stalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September 2019, the Legislature passed the bill and Newsom signed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber, Lyft and other gig companies quickly put a measure on the ballot in 2020 that exempted gig workers from the new law — and prevented drivers from unionizing. After \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-22-gig-workers-ab-5/\">companies spent $205 million\u003c/a>, nearly \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-22-gig-workers-ab-5/\">59% of Californians voted to approve\u003c/a> the ballot measure, Proposition 22. Drivers, they decided, would remain freelancers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the passage of Proposition 22, Lyft’s president, John Zimmer, told \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Uber-Lyft-shares-soar-following-passage-of-15701236.php\">The Chronicle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-05/prop-22-win-lyft-founder-union-deal-california\">The Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> that the company was still willing to negotiate with labor to increase benefits for drivers while maintaining their independent contractor status. Zimmer also said he was open to sectoral bargaining, when employers and workers negotiate baseline compensation and safety standards that cover most or all of the workers in an industry, not just a single workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft spokesperson CJ Macklin confirmed that remains the company’s position today. “We continue to remain open to working with labor to further strengthen benefits and protections for drivers in ways that also maintain their independence and flexibility,” wrote Macklin in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber’s position for further negotiations is less clear. “Uber remains committed to making independent work better — including supporting policies that provide access to new benefits while protecting the flexibility drivers value most,” wrote Uber spokesperson Austin Heyworth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor leaders remain divided on whether to compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are still two schools of thought within the labor movement on the path forward for organizing gig workers, says Steve Smith, spokesperson for the California Labor Federation. There’s a camp that says, “No way, no how,” to organizing workers without employee status. Then, says Smith, there are folks who look at the current situation and say: “These folks are without any basic protections. How can we give them not only protections that other workers have in law, but also the right to organize?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 22 guaranteed some driver benefits and compensation, including 30 cents per mile toward expenses, and 120% of minimum wage for their minutes of engaged time driving passengers. That could work out to as little \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2020/10/gig-worker-pay-prop-22/\">as $5.64 per hour or as much as $27.58 per hour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue of gig worker classification isn’t dead yet. In late August, a state Superior Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-08-20/prop-22-unconstitutional\">judge found that the ballot measure was unconstitutional\u003c/a> and could not be enforced. The judge noted the language aimed at banning drivers from unionizing ought to be considered separate legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition that represents the \u003ca href=\"https://protectdriversandservices.com/prop-22-proponents-statement-in-response-to-seriously-flawed-alameda-superior-court-judge-ruling/\">gig companies pledged to appeal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 22 is overturned in the courts, and gig workers are able to unionize, Smith says that the organizing that has been ongoing since the passage of the proposition will “become more vigorous and urgent.” Whether or not labor would be willing to head back to the negotiating table with gig companies isn’t yet determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s former chief of staff, Ann O’Leary, tweeted that these skirmishes won’t really end until labor and business reach a broader pact for workers.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1428926022771118096"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch3>Labor leaders focus on political influence\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On a sunny Saturday morning just before Newsom’s Sept. 14 recall election, about 100 union workers gathered in an Oakland parking lot, standing in small groups and chatting while a musician strummed a guitar and sang pro-organizing songs. It was one of several door-knocking events unions coordinated to turn out voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the labor movement, we pride ourselves on turning out the labor vote in big numbers,” Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, who had flown in from Washington, D.C., for the event, told the crowd. “We need to get all of the turnout that we can possibly find in these last four days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions representing both public- and private-sector workers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/10/newsom-recall-big-donors/\">gave more than $25.7 million\u003c/a> to counter the recall effort, more than the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-22-gig-workers-ab-5/\">$20 million\u003c/a> they had put into the Proposition 22 fight. After the election was called in favor of keeping Newsom, the California Labor Federation released a statement saying that workers completed more than 20,000 volunteer shifts to get out the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said labor volunteering sealed Newsom’s win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894006\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11894006 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two women in matching black T-shirts with red writing, look at flyers in their hands as they wait at a screen door on a porch.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/UNIONS-Unite-Here-Recall-100621-01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erika Sanchez, a cafeteria worker at Verizon and member of UNITE HERE Local 2, canvasses homes in San José in support of Gov. Gavin Newsom before the recall election, on Sept. 12, 2021. \u003ccite>(Jesse Bedayn/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">“W\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>e like to tell our folks that [at] the bargaining table, you inevitably will find an employer on the other side who fears you more if you’ve got political power,” says Art Pulaski, executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions are a major political force in California, and they dedicate funds and volunteer hours to their political goals. In the 2018 state legislative races, for example, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/10/california-lawmakers-big-donors-special-interest-independent-expenditures/\">teachers unions and prison guard unions were among the top donors\u003c/a>. During this legislative cycle, labor counted a number of state wins in the form of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-legislature-bills-passed-2021/\">workplace protections for warehouse workers and better pay for garment workers\u003c/a>. At the federal level, labor has made the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, a legislative priority to ease unionization drives by increasing penalties on businesses for unfair labor practices and requiring employees covered by union contracts to pay dues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'We like to tell our folks that [at] the bargaining table, you inevitably will find an employer on the other side who fears you more if you've got political power.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Art Pulaski, California Labor Federation executive secretary-treasurer","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s been a debate within labor circles over whether unions are devoting enough resources to recruiting new members and growing the labor movement. This debate over priorities reemerged \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/business/richard-trumka-dead.html\">after the death of former AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka\u003c/a>, who focused more on political advocacy and fostered close relationships with the Obama and Biden administrations. \u003ca href=\"https://splinternews.com/afl-cio-budget-is-a-stark-illustration-of-the-decline-o-1834793722\">Leaked AFL-CIO budget documents show\u003c/a> that under Trumka’s tenure, the nation’s foremost labor federation went from spending nearly 30% of its budget on organizing to 10%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California, there’s a fair amount of variation in how much money unions devote to recruiting new members, says Pulaski. The federation recommends that unions spend at least 20% of their annual budget on recruiting new members, sometimes with high-profile disappointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A couple years ago, for example, Tesla beat back a unionization drive at its Fremont plant. The electric carmaker \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/30/20891314/elon-musk-tesla-labor-violation-nlrb\">banned workers\u003c/a> from wearing pro-union garb, attempted to shift four pro-union workers to management positions so that they could no longer advocate for a union, and fired a worker. Security guards harassed workers handing out union pamphlets in the parking lot. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/998454539941367808\">Elon Musk even sent a tweet\u003c/a>, seeming to threaten that if workers unionized they’d lose their stock options. There was never a union election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, some private-sector unions have made gains in recent years. \u003ca href=\"https://unitehere.org/\">UNITE HERE\u003c/a>, a union for service workers, claims to be the \u003ca href=\"https://unitehere.org/press-releases/unite-here-celebrates-five-years-of-record-growth-declaring-one-job-should-be-enough-at-2019-international-union-convention/\">fastest-growing private union\u003c/a>, expanding their ranks by 62,000 since 2014 to 300,000 across the United States and Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, 40,000 workers became eligible to unionize in July 2020 when home child care workers voted to form a union under \u003ca href=\"https://childcareprovidersunited.org/\">Child Care Providers United\u003c/a>. Those workers won their first contract about a year later in June 2021, which included state-funded rate increases and funding for training.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Amazon: The next frontier\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Following a failed vote to unionize an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, the \u003ca href=\"https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/62421CONVENTIONRESOLUTIONAMAZON.pdf\">Teamsters announced a drive at Amazon warehouses nationwide\u003c/a>. The union even launched a new division dedicated to organizing the online behemoth. Their strategy will pressure the second-largest employer in the country on all fronts: recruit from warehouses, raise public awareness and lean on political allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, that starts by leveraging existing Teamsters members at non-Amazon worksites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ron Herrera, international vice president of the western region for the Teamsters and secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 396 in Southern California, likened the unionization drive to taking a bite out of a whale to try to kill it. “It’s going to be extremely difficult,” he said. Teamsters are recruiting volunteers from existing ranks to help with worker outreach because Amazon warehouses have far more employees than typical bargaining units. \u003ca href=\"https://www.aboutamazon.com/investing-in-the-u-s\">Amazon has more than 153,000 workers in California\u003c/a>, many of them in warehouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon spokesperson Maria Boschetti said employees have a choice but the company believes unions will get in the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” Boschetti wrote in an email. “Every day we empower people to find ways to improve their jobs, and when they do that we want to make those changes — quickly. That type of continuous improvement is harder to do quickly and nimbly with unions in the middle. The benefits of direct relationships between managers and employees can’t be overstated — these relationships allow every employee’s voice to be heard, not just the voices of a select few.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">S\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>tarting in September, Teamsters members across the Bay Area are being trained to canvas their communities as Amazon buys property in San Francisco, and potentially in Richmond, Pleasanton, Gilroy and San José, according to Doug Bloch, political director of Teamsters Joint Council 7, which covers Northern California, and a member of the Future of Work Commission. Workers are trained to speak to residents about, in part, the importance of unionizing Amazon plants and encourage them to call local politicians, who vote on new Amazon plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor leaders say the Bay Area, which has sympathetic local politicians, will be an important region in which to mount their campaign. Bloch said unions will press city council members and county supervisors to hold Amazon accountable, and to require better wages and benefits, and even to ask the company to be neutral during a union drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the place to bring the fight to Amazon,” said Bloch, who hopes that early union successes here will begin to spread east. Already, the Teamsters are using a new state law requiring warehouses to disclose to workers any quotas or work speed standards as evidence that unions benefit workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloch said he’s even open to pursuing sectoral bargaining. Unlike unionization, one form of sectoral bargaining could begin with state legislation to designate an appointed council to negotiate wages and benefits on behalf of all warehouse workers in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything,” he says, “is on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article is part of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-divide/\">California Divide\u003c/a> project, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequality and economic survival in California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11893995/few-low-wage-workers-get-to-vote-on-unions-can-california-change-that","authors":["byline_news_11893995"],"categories":["news_1758","news_8"],"tags":["news_17994","news_26585","news_19904","news_30143","news_794"],"featImg":"news_11893999","label":"source_news_11893995"},"news_11892723":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11892723","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11892723","score":null,"sort":[1634763194000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"hellofresh-workers-in-richmond-are-trying-to-form-first-union-in-meal-kit-delivery-industry","title":"HelloFresh Workers in Richmond Are Trying to Form First Union in 'Meal-Kit' Delivery Industry","publishDate":1634763194,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Business during the pandemic has been booming for meal-kit delivery companies like HelloFresh, the \u003ca href=\"https://fooddigital.com/food/hellofresh-now-biggest-meal-kit-service-us-market-share\">largest business in the industry\u003c/a>. But workers at the company’s factory kitchen in Richmond say they are not sharing in the gains and that the company's rapid growth is leading to dangerous working conditions. So, they’re trying to unionize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lily Vasquez works at the Richmond facility, where she stocks kits with ingredients all day. She says she hopes a union could help give workers more say on the job and improve wages and working conditions. Vasquez says she doesn’t think customers understand what the wages and conditions are like for the people who make their meal kits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Lily Vasquez, HelloFresh employee\"]'I know people receive the kits, but they don’t have any idea of how we've been treated in the company. These people are at their homes, they're waiting for their food. They're safe. But us, we have to go to work and be at risk.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know people receive the kits, but they don’t have any idea of how we’ve been treated in the company,\" Vasquez says. \"These people are at their homes, they’re waiting for their food. They’re safe. But us, we have to go to work and be at risk.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last few years, there has been an explosion of delivery and on-demand service companies where the labor is very removed from the final customer. Someone who orders from Blue Apron, Uber Eats, Instacart or HelloFresh may never encounter a worker. The food or meal can seem to just appear on their doorstep, a perk that companies like HelloFresh advertise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In promotional videos, HelloFresh says there is a lot of “magic behind the scenes” that makes the company’s meal kits possible. That magic behind the scenes is labor being done by people like Vasquez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vasquez says the workers in Richmond have been packing tens of thousands of meal kits a day during the pandemic. Instead of working at a single table, she says there’s now a stack of two or three shelves, so they have to bend up and down to get the different ingredients. She says everyone is rushing to meet their delivery targets every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vazquez says it’s chaotic and dangerous at the facility. “There are empty pallets with plastic on them,” she says. “There are gloves and plastic on the floor.\" Several workers told KQED about accidents they recently witnessed involving loose plastic, pallets and tripping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11873927,news_11862641\" label=\"Related Posts\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A HelloFresh spokesperson responded in a statement, “Our employees are critical to everything we do, and we prioritize their health, safety and well-being above all else.” They added, “HelloFresh was among the first companies in the industry to introduce robust COVID-19 response measures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, HelloFresh had a major COVID-19 outbreak in Richmond last summer. The Contra Costa County public health team intervened and worked extensively with the company to update their protocols. There were 171 confirmed cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vazquez says she caught covid at the facility and then passed it to her son. Her mother lives with them, and because they were worried she would get sick, they had to send her to live with a relative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.grocerydive.com/news/meal-kit-sales-are-cooking-amid-the-pandemic/577367/\">the pandemic has been a boon for companies that deliver groceries and food\u003c/a>. It helped turn around business for HelloFresh. The company became profitable for the first time during the pandemic, and in 2020 it brought in a net profit of around $430 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jessica Choy, deputy director with UNITE HERE, the union leading the unionization effort at HelloFresh, says unions need to mobilize quickly to protect workers as these new delivery and on-demand services take over sectors of the economy where unions were once relatively strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jessica Choy, UNITE HERE deputy director\"]'This is just where the work went during the pandemic. Our members were laid off in hotels and food service and airports, and at the same time, companies like HelloFresh exploded.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is just where the work went during the pandemic,\" Choy says. \"Our members were laid off in hotels and food service and airports, and at the same time, companies like HelloFresh exploded.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers for delivery and ride-hailing services like Lyft and Uber have been organizing in groups like \u003ca href=\"https://www.drivers-united.org/\">Rideshare Drivers United\u003c/a>. Earlier this year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873927/they-work-for-an-app-they-deliver-groceries-and-now-they-have-a-union\">Bay Area workers for the grocery delivery service Imperfect Foods formed a union\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union effort at HelloFresh involves about 1,000 workers at the Richmond facility and at kitchens in Colorado. If the workers succeed, they’d become the first unionized group in the meal-kit industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether or not the union wins this vote, though, companies like HelloFresh are on notice. There’s widespread dissatisfaction from workers who feel like they’re not sharing in the \"magic\" of this growing on-demand economy.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Workers say they aren't sharing in the pandemic gains made by companies offering on-demand services and delivery.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1635193654,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":21,"wordCount":858},"headData":{"title":"HelloFresh Workers in Richmond Are Trying to Form First Union in 'Meal-Kit' Delivery Industry | KQED","description":"Workers say they aren't sharing in the pandemic gains made by companies offering on-demand services and delivery.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11892723 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11892723","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/10/20/hellofresh-workers-in-richmond-are-trying-to-form-first-union-in-meal-kit-delivery-industry/","disqusTitle":"HelloFresh Workers in Richmond Are Trying to Form First Union in 'Meal-Kit' Delivery Industry","audioUrl":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC5110451934.mp3?updated=1634938215","path":"/news/11892723/hellofresh-workers-in-richmond-are-trying-to-form-first-union-in-meal-kit-delivery-industry","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Business during the pandemic has been booming for meal-kit delivery companies like HelloFresh, the \u003ca href=\"https://fooddigital.com/food/hellofresh-now-biggest-meal-kit-service-us-market-share\">largest business in the industry\u003c/a>. But workers at the company’s factory kitchen in Richmond say they are not sharing in the gains and that the company's rapid growth is leading to dangerous working conditions. So, they’re trying to unionize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lily Vasquez works at the Richmond facility, where she stocks kits with ingredients all day. She says she hopes a union could help give workers more say on the job and improve wages and working conditions. Vasquez says she doesn’t think customers understand what the wages and conditions are like for the people who make their meal kits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I know people receive the kits, but they don’t have any idea of how we've been treated in the company. These people are at their homes, they're waiting for their food. They're safe. 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The food or meal can seem to just appear on their doorstep, a perk that companies like HelloFresh advertise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In promotional videos, HelloFresh says there is a lot of “magic behind the scenes” that makes the company’s meal kits possible. That magic behind the scenes is labor being done by people like Vasquez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vasquez says the workers in Richmond have been packing tens of thousands of meal kits a day during the pandemic. Instead of working at a single table, she says there’s now a stack of two or three shelves, so they have to bend up and down to get the different ingredients. She says everyone is rushing to meet their delivery targets every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vazquez says it’s chaotic and dangerous at the facility. “There are empty pallets with plastic on them,” she says. “There are gloves and plastic on the floor.\" Several workers told KQED about accidents they recently witnessed involving loose plastic, pallets and tripping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11873927,news_11862641","label":"Related Posts "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A HelloFresh spokesperson responded in a statement, “Our employees are critical to everything we do, and we prioritize their health, safety and well-being above all else.” They added, “HelloFresh was among the first companies in the industry to introduce robust COVID-19 response measures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, HelloFresh had a major COVID-19 outbreak in Richmond last summer. The Contra Costa County public health team intervened and worked extensively with the company to update their protocols. There were 171 confirmed cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vazquez says she caught covid at the facility and then passed it to her son. Her mother lives with them, and because they were worried she would get sick, they had to send her to live with a relative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.grocerydive.com/news/meal-kit-sales-are-cooking-amid-the-pandemic/577367/\">the pandemic has been a boon for companies that deliver groceries and food\u003c/a>. It helped turn around business for HelloFresh. The company became profitable for the first time during the pandemic, and in 2020 it brought in a net profit of around $430 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jessica Choy, deputy director with UNITE HERE, the union leading the unionization effort at HelloFresh, says unions need to mobilize quickly to protect workers as these new delivery and on-demand services take over sectors of the economy where unions were once relatively strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'This is just where the work went during the pandemic. 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Earlier this year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873927/they-work-for-an-app-they-deliver-groceries-and-now-they-have-a-union\">Bay Area workers for the grocery delivery service Imperfect Foods formed a union\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union effort at HelloFresh involves about 1,000 workers at the Richmond facility and at kitchens in Colorado. If the workers succeed, they’d become the first unionized group in the meal-kit industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether or not the union wins this vote, though, companies like HelloFresh are on notice. 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