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Re:U.S. Labor Secretary throws support behind classifying gi... by kfarr on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:40PM (#26985671)
You did a good job describing constraints Uber has in order to deliver a product to customers. From your description there might be good reasons for those constraints such as anti discrimination or price stability. But even for "good reasons" it doesn't absolve Uber of liability for treating employees as contractors.
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Re:U.S. Labor Secretary throws support behind classifying gi... by nickff on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:45PM (#26985776)
This comment seems to contain a non-sequitur; you argue in favor of one thing, then make a tangentially related assertion (that Uber drivers are employees) with no argument in its favor.
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Re:U.S. Labor Secretary throws support behind classifying gi... by peteradio on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:00PM (#26986636)
Seems like the non-sequitur would be on the part of the grand-parent since it was in defense of Uber that these limitations were placed.
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