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A comment on Uber drivers “employees” for unemployment purposes, NY labor board says. Parent comment

Re:Uber drivers “employees” for unemployment purposes, NY la... by jjulius on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:34AM (#17575832)
>In the end it will mean ... higher costs for people taking advantage of the service.

As an occasional user of such services, I am OK with paying an increased rate if it means that the drivers are able to get unemployment.

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Re:Uber drivers “employees” for unemployment purposes, NY la... by pnw_hazor on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:05PM (#17576186)
Good for you. Though, there will still be fewer customers and fewer drivers.
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Re:Uber drivers “employees” for unemployment purposes, NY la... by jjulius on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:19PM (#17576351)
A minute after you made this post, you posted this comment in response to someone else:

>But these days anyone who qualifies to drive for Uber could easily find another job making the same wage or more wages.

Some people might stop riding because of the increase, which leads to some drivers going elsewhere for other jobs that you say should be easy to find. I'm not quite sure where you're going with this.

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