The country’s two largest transportation network companies – Lyft and Uber – and other “gig” driving and delivery businesses are likely going to try and change Illinois law to create a new classification of workers. On top of making transportation in cities worse in many respects, the companies are trying to limit worker benefits and employment protections.
The two companies, along with other delivery app companies, recently won a referendum in California to, once again, change how state law classifies their workers. Proposition 22 will undo parts of state law, which had already changed this year to ensure ride hail and delivery drivers are “employees” and eligible for benefits.
Lyft has started organizing in Illinois, promoting alleged benefits of independent work driving and delivering over working for “someone else.” In one video ad posted on Twitter, someone who says her name is Crystal says she lost her job, took up driving for a ride-hail company, and then realized she didn’t want to work for anyone else and started a business.
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