I found the contradiction in that second tweet to be interesting. Until a co-worker pointed out that California will have the same $15 minimum wage. And Florida also ruled that Uber drivers are independent contractors. https://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage-chart.aspx http://kluwertaxblog.com/2020/04/03/uber-drivers-employees-or-independent-contractors/ So there doesn't appear to be much more to that tweet than some embarrassing cherry picking.On April 4, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 3 into law. The new law increases the minimum wage to $15 per hour by Jan. 1, 2022, for employers with 26 or more employees. For employers with 25 or fewer employees the minimum wage will reach $15 per hour by Jan. 1, 2023. Increases may be paused by the governor if certain economic or budgetary conditions exist. Beginning the first Jan. 1 after the minimum wage reaches $15 per hour for smaller employers, the minimum wage is indexed annually for inflation.
On the other hand, in the United States, the District Court of Pennsylvania declared Uber drivers as independent contractors. So did the State of Florida.