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"they KNEW their status" ... and what's that to you? Dog shit? Everyone knows Uber and similar companies entice workers through referral/sign-up bonuses, and
by cphoover 10y ago
"they KNEW their status"
... and what's that to you? Dog shit?
Everyone knows Uber and similar companies entice workers through referral/sign-up bonuses, and are notorious for reducing pay-out when markets allow. There is a reason indentured-servitude is no longer possible. First-world countries have labor-laws, and rightfully so. Why should Uber be allowed to skirt around these laws? What makes them special? People have rights.
- jacquesm 10y agoNot only that, these 'disintermediators' tend to be structured in such a way that they get all (or even more) of the benefits of having employees without having the employers responsibilities towards these de-facto employees.
- thesimon 10y ago>. Why should Uber be allowed to skirt around these laws? What makes them special? They have an app and are cheaper. Same reason why airbnb obviously should be allowed to skirt around these laws.
- fiatjaf 10y agoPeople have rights? Are you sure of that? From where do these rights came from? I don't think Uber should be allowed to skirt around these laws, I think it is a moral duty for everyone that is able to to only engage in voluntary contracts and fulfill them, never to breach a contract by calling an external force to change its terms.