Sorry, no. These exact same complaints have been swirling around for decades before Uber came on the scene: https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2017/12/12/taxi-drivers-emplo...

The only change is that Uber grew the market and popularized hiring cars, and the state of California decided to start attacking its own tech industry.

There's a lot of hypocrisy here. If the state truly had worker's interests at heart it would be looking at the farming industry, not ridesharing.