Supes Hold Hearing On Labor Standards For Gig Workers

A San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee heard on Friday about the plight of gig workers, who have fewer protections than typical employees, and efforts to protect them through proposed legislation in the state legislature. “Corporations relying on gig workers including Uber, Lyft and Instacart have achieved instant and rapid success in large part relying on a business model that dismantles more than a half-century of worker protections,” Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Chair Rafael Mandelman said at Friday’s hearing.