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Uber drivers don't even have the opportunity to negotiate a contract. The situations are not even comparable.

• sageikosa 11y ago
  Huh? I can negotiate a salary, that doesn't make me a contractor. A separate haggling phase of a contract is not necessary for a contract to have legal force. It's the agreement to the letter of the contract.
  • jsprogrammer 11y ago
    Yes, you can still have a "contract", but the driver and rider either accept or reject a prewritten, third-party contract. The driver cannot negotiate directly with the rider as you would expect an independent contractor to be able to do.
    • sageikosa 11y ago
      Which has nothing to do with whether a driver is an employee or a contractor for uber...if a driver wants to go gypsy, they lose the dispatch functionality of uber, but gain the ability to negotiate fares with riders directly, as they are not encumbered by a previous agreement.