SAN FRANCISCO — As November’s general election enters its home stretch, Uber, DoorDash and other gig economy companies are bombarding TV airwaves, social media and even their own apps with ads and marketing materials promoting a ballot initiative that they say would improve drivers’ financial situation and working conditions but that would also deny them the right to be classified as employees in California.
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Uber, other gig companies spend nearly $200 million to knock down an employment law they don’t like — and it might work
Silicon Valley has poured a historic amount of money into defeating a law to make gig workers employees. Here’s what you need to know.
