CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead, Comedians Lost Work

Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by marcinzm on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:45PM (#24458127)

You mean they’d do something like form a cartel with each other to keep wages down in unison?

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Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by manigandham on Sunday September 13, 2020 @04:14AM (#24459320)

That's multiple companies and already illegal.

The point is that if no single person in a non-union company had any power then they wouldn't be paid anywhere near what they are in these companies.

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Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by masonic on Sunday September 13, 2020 @04:48AM (#24459437)

  That's multiple companies and already illegal.

And yet it happened, led by Steve Jobs.

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Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by heavyset_go on Sunday September 13, 2020 @02:37AM (#24458888)

> form a cartel with each other to keep wages down in unison

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Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by WalterBright on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:47PM (#24458142)

I mean if they have all the power, employees will be forced to accept minimum wages.

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