Prop 22 Proved That Uber’s Strongest Opponents Are in Its Own Hometown

Prop 22 Proved That Uber’s Strongest Opponents Are in Its Own Hometown

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7aeax/prop-22-proved-that-the-ubers-worst-nemesis-is-its-own-hometown

Uber, Lyft, and other gig economy giants won big late Tuesday night in California as Californians overwhelmingly voted to pass Proposition 22, a ballot measure that exempts Uber and other gig economy companies from providing basic labor protections for their workers.

Despite this blow to the labor movement, it’s particularly notable that voters in San Francisco County—the hometown of Uber, Lyft, Instacart, DoorDash, and Postmates—rejected Prop 22 harder than any other part of California. Nearly 60 percent of San Francisco residents voted no on Prop 22, and voters in four other San Francisco Bay Area counties struck down the ballot measure—signaling that the gig economy's most powerful opposition is in its own backyard.