California Supreme Court should decline union arguments, promote Proposition 22

Defeated at the tally box and in lower state courts, California unions are turning to the California Supreme Court to assist them beat Proposition 22. Voters authorized Prop. 22 in 2020 to offer app-based rideshare and delivery companies and drivers the ability to run in California without onerous, union-backed rules needing motorists to end up being full-fledged employees rather than independent professionals.

In March, a panel of the California Court of Appeal rejected union arguments that Prop. 22 was unconstitutional and promoted the independent contractor arrangements maintained by the measure.

The procedure, as a suggestion, was approved by almost 60% of California voters. The appeals court rightly acknowledged that Californians, through the effort procedure, keep huge powers to change the law if they so pick.

However unions, led by the Service Employees International Union California, have battled to undermine the will of the people since they want to not just control the course of what remains of the gig economy however want the ability to cash in and unionize such chauffeurs.

They petitioned the California Supreme Court on Friday.

The unions are reiterating a line of argument they've hoped would succeed.

As described by the Sacramento Bee, "They argue that since the California constitution needs the Legislature to impose a 'total' employees settlement program, carving out independent specialists breaks that constitutional required. If the Prop. 22 supporters wished to alter employment benefits law, they would've required to do so through a constitutional amendment."

However this simply gets back to what the appeals court already affirmed, which is that the effort procedure grants Californians substantial power to change state law.

"We think the law is clear and settled and do not think the Supreme Court should approve evaluation," said the Protect App-based Drivers and Services Coalition in a declaration reacting to the SEIU petition.
As do we.

Instead of continue to drag out this battle, the unions must respect the 2020 election outcomes. Californians explained that they desire rideshare services to stay as they were prior to passage of Assembly Bill 5 by the California Legislature, which significantly scaled back independent contracting in the state.

Normal California consumers valued the affordable transportation and delivery services provided by such business, and working Californians appreciated the flexible work arrangements to make money through such rideshare companies.

That's why they made the decision they did.

It's time for the SEIU to catch up with the huge majority of Californians.

The courts will do what they do, however here's to hoping Prop. 22 is maintained.