Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers

Re:Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers by koolba on Saturday March 12, 2022 @12:10PM (#30652843)

NYC had a law for decades that a licensed cab must take a passenger to any location in the five boroughs. In practice, late night cabbies would never take you to the boonies as the ride back is unprofitable dead time.

They’d ask you, “where you going?”, before you got in the cab and drive off if they didn’t like the destination. Experienced riders would ignore the cabbie, enter the cab, and then explain the destination. Then when the cabbie argues with you, you’d cuss them out and tell them to drive before you call the taxi commission to get their medallion revoked.

While many of us do miss the fun of those arguments, not having to deal with that is one big plus that Uber blessed the world.

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Re:Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers by Ekaros on Saturday March 12, 2022 @12:26PM (#30652970)

And this is why the system really should be reverse. The riders provide all details and then drivers provide the price. Forming binding contract on both sides for agreed upon price. And there should be absolute no limit on the price. Be it 1 dollar or 1 million. And the company offering this should take action to enforce any contract in court.

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Re:Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers by koolba on Saturday March 12, 2022 @02:40PM (#30654219)

In a pure market system, sure. I’m about as free market as they come, but the intention here is not just to maximize GDP. A functioning transit system with known costs makes a city more livable. That’s a sustainability issue for the city as a whole.

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