I feel terrible for the unionized drivers losing their jobs, as well for the gig contract drivers in California for whom the California legislation probably (I'm not sure tbh) made things worse for.
gig workers supported prop 22, according to the only public data i've seen. prop 22 came into existence as a reaction to ab5, a law that attempted to force independent contractors to be employees, and which is despised by the overwhelming majority of independent contractors in the state (including me).
Yes, I believe this is correct. Also correct is the result of prop 22 was crap compared to what most of those gig workers were hoping for. Not totally sure, I've only read bits and pieces about what has been going on in California.
From what I gather they've increased customer fees to cover increased "driver pay" for delivers, while also changing the way they prompt customers to tip. I've see some drivers happy and say they're making more. Other drivers, who were making good money before all of these are complaining that their earnings have dropped with the change, especially on GrubHub.
Grubhub, which for most of its existence was seen as a "luxury" service, typically prompts customers to tip (I believe) 30%, 25%, 20%, 15%, 10% with some verbiage about "our drivers work extremely hard to provide excellent service... blah blah." Tipping anything less was quite tedious. In CA after prop 22 it's now, "consider an optional tip for your driver" and customers are now prompted to tip $1 or $2 or nothing.