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Viral video shows one passenger coughing on the driver and snatching his cellphone after he asked her to wear a mask. Another allegedly pepper-sprayed him.
The unmasked woman had her say on Instagram after viral video showed her coughing on a driver and grabbing his cellphone in San Francisco.
Subhakar Khadka said he believes he was targeted because he's an immigrant. San Francisco police are investigating.
Drivers and the SEIU are trying to overturn Prop 22, which exempted Uber and Lyft from state law saying drivers should be owed benefits and protections.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Uber released a detailed inquiry last year about sexual assault reports on the platform but has failed to answer questions about the crimes to regulators.
Voters approved Prop 22, which essentially allows ride-sharing companies to not follow a law that would have made their drivers employees with benefits rather than contractors.
A California ballot measure could exempt Uber, Lyft and others from the law, allowing them to keep drivers as contractors without benefits.
Uber, Lyft and others have spent over $185 million on a campaign to exempt them from a California law that would make drivers employees with benefits.
How organized labor is teaming up with app-based workers in California to take on corporate giants.
Starting next year, drivers must be paid at least $16.39 per hour in addition to their basic expenses.
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