The top Massachusetts court on Monday is set to consider whether the state's voters will get to decide two ballot proposals in November that would redefine...
BOSTON - The top Massachusetts court on Monday is set to consider whether the state's voters will get to decide two ballot proposals in November that would redefine the relationship between app-based companies like Uber Technologies and Lyft and their drivers - one backed by industry and the other by labor.
Uber and Lyft, along with app-based delivery services Instacart and DoorDash, have spent millions of dollars to support the ballot proposal that would cement the status of their drivers as contractors under state law. The same court in 2022 blocked a similar industry-backed ballot measure, finding that it contained an unrelated proposal that ran afoul of a state constitutional requirement that ballot questions be limited to related subjects.To hedge its bets, Flexibility and Benefits for Massachusetts Drivers is gathering signatures for five different versions of the current ballot question, only one of which would be put before voters on Nov. 5.
If the industry-backed ballot measure passes but the state wins in the trial, Campbell's office has said the new law would control for the future but that Uber and Lyft could be subject to penalties for the past misclassification of their drivers.Ex-Prosecutor Spots 'Breathtaking' Trial Admission That Could Haunt Donald Trump
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