Uber and Lyft drivers were paid up to $ 100 to protest against an invoice that could make them employees

Driver groups and trade unionists who joined the bill Wednesday also had some of their offset costs. Unions and affiliated driver groups, such as Gig Workers Rising, provided free transportation from San Francisco and Los Angeles, but at least one group of independent drivers, Rideshare Drivers United, based in Los Angeles, self-financed the rental of cars. a van. The California Federation of Labor, which represents 1,200 unions in the state, served breakfast and lunch. According to the California Federation of Labor, union members who organized the rally and helped drivers and other lobbyists lobby the legislator were paid for their work.