by Adam Wahlberg | Jul 31, 2024 | News
In a decision heard around the gig-economy world, the California Supreme Court has ruled that Proposition 22, which classifies rideshare and delivery drivers as independent contractors, may stand. Proposition 22, which 59 percent of voters approved in a 2020 ballot...
by Nicholas Upton | Aug 25, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
The landmark Proposition 22 that carved out exceptions to California’s AB5 legislation has been deemed unconstitutional by a California judge. Under Proposition 22, which passed in November of 2020, delivery and driver gig workers did not fall under a test to...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 7, 2021 | Briefs, Third-Party Delivery
West Coast grocery chains Vons and Safeway have reportedly announced plans to replace their in-house delivery drivers with DoorDash drivers in the wake of the passage of Proposition 22, according to multiple media reports. LAist reports that Albertsons-owned Vons, one...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 19, 2020 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
As the “big four” delivery brands contract to the “big three,” a vanishingly small number of regional players are thriving below the radar. Started in a dorm room 10 years ago, Madison, Wisconsin-based EatStreet has raked in $50 million in investment funds, which...