San Francisco to Uber, Lyft: If your drivers aren’t employees, prove it

Re:San Francisco to Uber, Lyft: If your drivers aren’t emplo... by chalkandpaste on Friday June 01, 2018 @11:51AM (#17206519)

> ... if your company is valued at $62 billion, you can afford to give your workers health care.

What? Just because it's "valued" that way (that is, someone thinks it's worth that much) doesn't mean the entity has money in the bank or that such a change wouldn't negatively affect the companies inflow/outflow.

Not that I support Uber or Lyft (I'm best described as ambivalent), or really have the facts for myself, but this was just so illogical I wonder how this guy can be the city's attorney.

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Re:San Francisco to Uber, Lyft: If your drivers aren’t emplo... by davidrm on Friday June 01, 2018 @03:36PM (#17209235)

you are completely right up to the last sentence, he knows what he’s saying/doing. he’s simply appealing to emotion hoping to influence the verdict. he most likely knows that this argument is bullshit, but it’s a good strategy.

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