One of California’s largest grocery chains on Monday did away with its own grocery delivery service in favor of third-party apps like Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash, following the state’s passage of an initiative defining drivers for these apps as independent contractors.

This decision comes less than a year after the grocery chain teamed with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union to have their grocery store employees designated as “first responders” in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Albertsons, the parent company of Vons, Pavilions, and Safeway, will discontinue home delivery in select locations, including Southern California, in late February 2021.

California voters passed Proposition 22 in November, defining app-based drivers as independent contractors, not employees or agents. Prop 22 was designed to protect the flexibility of work afforded to independent contractors. Independent contractors can work as much or as little as they would like, and can work with multiple platforms or companies.

One of the many arguments against Prop 22 was the potential threat to good, middle-class union jobs. This fear is now being realized by many. Companies like Albertsons are incentivized to continue to grow their partnerships with app-based delivery systems and disincentivized to employ their own delivery workers. To the former, Albertsons need not meet their obligations to provide benefits and standard minimum wages.

Albertsons has yet to announce the number of employees affected by this decision.