Uber and Lyft drivers held rallies across California on Wednesday, including in downtown Los Angeles, pushing for a bigger settlement in a wage theft case against Uber and Lyft.
The case dates back to 2020 when thousands of drivers filed wage theft claims alleging the two companies owed them more than $1 billion in wages, expenses, and damages for illegally classifying them as independent contractors.
But with settlement talks set to begin on Monday, the drivers now say $1 billion isn’t enough…