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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by ajamesm on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:31AM (#13531340)
I would expect Uber to ensure drivers are organized and informed about strikes and empowered to join them, if they were truly a neutral ride-sharing platform.

Really, they're just a business that employs people whom they don't want to classify as employees, and would sooner drown their riders in a lake than see them organize.

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by FeepingCreature on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:24AM (#13531923)
> I would expect Uber to ensure drivers are organized and informed about strikes

That seems absurd. Uber is not a union. There is a dangerous conflict of incentive in relying on the people harmed by a strike to be organizing them.

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by ajamesm on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:42AM (#13532217)
Yes. That's because Uber ISN'T a neutral platform for ride sharing, it's a taxi service with employees.
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