Re:WeWork Gets a Visit from Financial Reality
by icebraining on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:30PM
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Uber has also managed to skirt a bunch of labor laws by claiming their employees are contractors. I guess that's a kind of "efficiency".
In the US, taxi drivers were always considered contractors, Uber just followed the existing model. In fact, they used to pay to work[1], starting each day in the hole. Only after Uber et all appeared have drivers started unionizing nationally and suing taxi companies to change that.
In the US, taxi drivers were always considered contractors, Uber just followed the existing model. In fact, they used to pay to work[1], starting each day in the hole. Only after Uber et all appeared have drivers started unionizing nationally and suing taxi companies to change that.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/nyregion/driving-a-taxi-d...