Six months after California voters approved Proposition 22, allowing rideshare companies to keep their delivery drivers contractors in exchange for minimum-wage promises and benefits, some full-time drivers say they are getting less than what was promised.
While the $220 million campaign to pass the ballot initiative promised drivers “120% of the minimum wage,” a report from the University of California, Berkeley Labor Center estimated that real driver earnings will be $5.64 an hour. Many drivers who effectively work full-time by gigging for two or more companies may not qualify for all the Prop. 22 benefits, which apply only when certain ...