Amicus Brief: Fighting Back Against Uber & Lyft’s Normalization of Exploitation in the Gig Economy

We are proud to join the Public Rights Project, as well as Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, recently wrote and filed an amicus brief in support of the case brought by California Attorney General, City of San Francisco, City of Los Angeles, and City of San Diego against Uber and Lyft for misclassifying its drivers.

The brief focuses on how the companies made their drivers vulnerable to harassment and assault through misclassification and how they take advantage of their drivers through predatory arrangements and by saddling drivers with hidden costs. Read the full brief here:

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