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Re:Update on AB5 by room271 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @04:54PM (#20944586)
The thing is, I would rather you are more restricted or stop driving for Uber, and full-time drivers get decent terms, then you get to keep your (seemingly) unnecessary side money and full-time people, for whom it is the main job, have substandard conditions and rights.

Ideally there wouldn't be a tradeoff, but in practice it seems like there is one.

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Re:Update on AB5 by darkwizard42 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @07:19PM (#20945827)
A majority of drivers are part-timers (80% in this study [1]) would lose their ability to work for side money...

Who are we really subsidizing here?

[1] https://www.vox.com/2018/10/2/17924628/uber-drivers-make-hou... (FWIW, I don't agree with all the math on their earnings, but there are a lot of other reports out there on that)

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Re:Update on AB5 by freewilly1040 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:09PM (#20945296)
The more important group that loses without flexible hours are people who get by on a combination of part time jobs, or are training/educating themselves and need extra money to support themselves.
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Re:Update on AB5 by Legogris on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @08:39PM (#20946355)
Being employed and having flexible working hours are not exclusive.
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