Gig Workers, Prop. 22 Backers Resume War Over Initiative’s Fate

The next battle in the long-running California war over who’s an employee and who’s an independent contractor will take place in a San Francisco courtroom with arguments on the constitutionality of a voter-approved, court-suspended initiative carving out gig workers from the state’s worker-friendly classification law.

Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc., DoorDash, and Instacart Inc. bankrolled the inititiave known as Proposition 22, spending more than $200 million to get it passed in November 2020.

The California Court of Appeal, First District, on Tuesday—more than two years after voters approved the measure—will hear their arguments for overturning a successful effort ...