#independent contractor
it didn’t really hit me until a couple of days ago when class numbers started to go down and classes starting to be cancelled that teaching is my income. it is an unsettling and tough time for everyone and especially independent contractors and small businesses. I understand that people want to suspend their memberships immediately and have notice periods waived, but I urge you to think of these studios and how much that one extra payment can help for them to make it through this time and still exist at the end. I also want to thank the studio owners who are doing everything they can to keep classes running so that we have work. for my classes that are still running I won’t be using props and will stay teaching from the mat. everything is cleaned meticulously but please feel free to bring your own mat and props and know that you do not have to use any props. I never noticed how much I like to physically adjust you all, so that has stopped too! in this high stress time, coming to yoga will help give your mind a break from obsessing over the things that are happening right now. but I understand the importance social distancing, so please do what you think is best.
In California it takes a 2/3rds vote of the state legislature to amend the state constitution. If passed prop 22 would require a 7/8ths vote to be changed. This proposition would be harder to change than the state constitution. That’s mostly why I’m voting NO.
I’ve done independent contract work for over a decade (never for uber/lyft because when I looked into it the pay didn’t seem worth the cost) I do think there are benefits to working that way which many people including me enjoy and even prefer but this proposition is garbage designed to entrench a flawed system. I do think there is a way to make IC work more viable but prop 22 isn’t it. Vote No.