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Uber engineer speaks out on company’s $186M campaign, says it’ll hurt drivers – Source CNET Tech

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Uber and Lyft drivers have held several protests in California demanding to be classified as employees.


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As Uber has poured tens of millions of dollars into a California ballot measure to avoid classifying its drivers as employees, one engineer from inside the ride-hailing company spoke out against this campaign on Tuesday. In an op-ed published by TechCrunch, Kurt Nelson said Uber doesn’t have drivers’ interests in mind.

“Uber works because it’s cheap and it’s quick,” Nelson wrote. “But it’s become clear to me that this is only possible because countless drivers are spending their personal time sitting in their cars,…

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