But the app-based gig companies say there’d be far fewer jobs because customer fares would rise and demand for rides would fall. He was paid by the Proposition 22 campaign to analyze the measure’s ramifications. The largest donors for Proposition 22 are the ride-hailing companies: Uber with $52 million and Lyft, $49 million. Against Proposition 22, the Service Employees International Union has pitched in $3.7 million, United Food and Commercial Workers, $3.3 million and Teamsters, $1.5 million. There’s one new Proposition 22 ad that I got sick of the first time I saw it.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 16, 2020 07:03 UTC