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title: ""The CEO of Uber said Wednesday the ride-hailing giant may be forced…"
date: 2020-08-12
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# "The CEO of Uber said Wednesday the ride-hailing giant may be forced…

*August 12, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/12/uber-ab5-drivers-as-employees-dara-khosrowshahi-california-shutdown-warning/?fbclid=IwAR16qaepeFK0ltrhYwbWmTHQQKGN3KT16Gsqs5JTrO_yBdNS2CFDNe2IjCM](https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/12/uber-ab5-drivers-as-employees-dara-khosrowshahi-california-shutdown-warning/?fbclid=IwAR16qaepeFK0ltrhYwbWmTHQQKGN3KT16Gsqs5JTrO_yBdNS2CFDNe2IjCM){target="_blank"}
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\"The CEO of Uber said Wednesday the ride-hailing giant may be forced to shut down its California operations if an injunction requiring drivers to be classified as employees is upheld.\
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Dara Khosrowshahi said in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday that Uber's operations in the state may have to shut down until November.\
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Khosrowshahi's announcement comes after a ruling by Judge Ethan Schulman of the San Francisco Superior Court earlier this week. Schulman ruled that ride-hailing companies must reclassify their drivers, who have been classified as independent contractors, in the wake of a new state law.\
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The injunction is part of a lawsuit brought on by the State of California and city attorneys in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Their lawsuit alleges the ride-hailing giants violated Assembly Bill 5, claiming they "exploited hundreds of thousands of California workers" by classifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.\
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Both Uber and Lyft have said they plan to appeal the judge's decision. The companies are also funding Proposition 22 on the November ballot, which would grant them a carve out to AB5.\"
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