Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on November 4, 2020, 6:08 PM

This is a big victory for Uber which with other ride hailing companies survived the requirements for  their independent gig men and women to be classified as employees in the firms.

Ride-hailing and delivery firms have won a vote in California that allows them to classify their drivers as independent contractors, The Associated Press reports. In the most expensive ballot measure in the state's history, companies such as Uber and Lyft rallied behind Proposition 22, which would exempt them from reclassifying their workers as employees eligible for benefits and job protections. The vote ends Uber and Lyft's "fiercest regulatory battle," and it could have wider effects on freelance workers across the country.