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Undesirable smartphone notifications are all the time a ache within the app, however not usually are these messages so nakedly political as the most recent batch despatched out by Uber in California.
Uber is certainly one of plenty of gig financial system corporations at present waging a $186 million marketing campaign towards a Californian state regulation that requires them to categorise their staff as staff (with all of the attendant advantages and rights). To attempt to keep away from this, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and others have pushed a poll often known as Proposition 22 or Prop 22 that may exempt them from the regulation, and are in flip pushing their customers to vote of their favor.
True to its popularity, Uber appears to be taking a very aggressive stance….
