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Labor/Employment

Oct. 7, 2020

Prop 22 strips workers of protections guaranteed by California law

This ballot measure is the latest phase in an epic battle between advocates for workers’ rights, who believe everyone deserves a living wage, and corporate giants who want to gut the law and continue exploiting their workers for profit.

Erika J. Scott

Partner
Winer, Burritt & Scott, LLP

Phone: (510) 433-1000

Erika focuses her practice on harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, sexual assault, and civil rights violations in the workplace as well as sexual abuse cases against the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America.

On Nov. 3, Californians will vote on Proposition 22, which addresses the gig economy and how it relates to California labor law. This is the latest phase in an epic battle between advocates for workers' rights, who believe everyone deserves a living wage, and corporate giants who want to gut the law and continue exploiting their workers for profit.

Prop. 22 is the most heavily funded proposition in state history. That's no small feat...

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