The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday (July 25) that gig workers can be classified as independent contractors, ending a long legal battle in the state.The court’s ruling upheld a lower-court decision that Proposition 22, a 2020 ballot measure that allowed companies to classify drivers as gig workers, was constitutional, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday.A yearslong legal battle followed voters’ passage of Proposition 22, as some drivers and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU ...