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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @09:54AM (#24120228)
> Also as far as I can tell, there is no worker co-op owned by the drivers anywhere in the world that treats members/drivers as employees with benefits. Why is that?

http://www.unioncabpdx.com/

The world is a big place. I'm sure there are others.

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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by jasode on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:14AM (#24120430)
>http://www.unioncabpdx.com/

Are you responding to the actual constraints in this discussion of _employees_ with _benefits_?

As far as I can tell, Union Cab PDX does not provide employee benefits such as:

- minimum hourly wage

- paid time off (e.g. funding 2 weeks vacation)

- unemployment payments if laid off

I don't know if it's related but Unioncabpdx recently left the CWA Local 7901 union as they weren't paying membership dues: https://nwlaborpress.org/2018/12/union-cab-quietly-goes-non-...

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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:41AM (#24120739)
Yes, they provide benefits, including healthcare.

I don't know anything about them pulling out of the CWA local.

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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by jasode on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:57AM (#24120946)
>Yes, they provide benefits, including healthcare.

But Union Cab Portland does not provide a guaranteed minimum hourly wage (a benefit that real employees are entitled to) and they are exempt like every other taxi company in Portland from the minimum wage law because taxi drivers are treated as contractors.

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