Uber, Lyft triumph over California Legislature with Supreme Court win

The unanimous ruling by the seven-member court is an expected but massive win for the companies — and a loss for the gig drivers who’ve long been organizing against the law that voters enacted in 2020 with Proposition 22. By ruling it constitutional, the state Supreme Court allows Uber, Lyft and other gig companies to continue skirting some of the labor protections and benefits available to most employees in the state. The case has broad impacts; more than 1.4 million Californians do gig work for Uber, Instacart or similar companies,...