Bye Bye Bye MA Ride Hailing Ballot Question

What is happening? Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that the gig economy labor question: Are drivers employees or contracts, will not be placed on the November ballot.

Why is this important? This is similar to what happened in California. Except now this removal comes before the election. In California after the vote favored the drivers, it was halted in the courts.

How will this be important? The Court said the ballot proposition had 2 subjects and can only have one. The Curt found that a provision prohibiting certain lawsuits about whether a transportation network company was an employer was a second subject.

Newbury Port News | SJC strikes down ride-hailing driver ballot question

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