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California gig workers' fate to be debated Tuesday in Prop. 22 appeal

Gig workers organized by the Mobile Workers Alliance held a driving demonstration ahead of the 2020 election, with dozens of vehicles blocking Spring Street in front of Los Angeles City Hall urging voters to vote no on Proposition 22.

For more than a year, the California voter-approved gig-economy law known as Proposition 22 has hung in the balance after a judge invalidated the ballot initiative allowing giant ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees.

On Tuesday, a California appeals court will hear oral arguments in San Francisco

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