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> why do they owe their drivers anything but incentive to work for them (which seems sufficient, or we wouldn't even be having this conversation int he first pl
by hackuser 10y ago
> why do they owe their drivers anything but incentive to work for them (which seems sufficient, or we wouldn't even be having this conversation int he first place).
History is pretty clear on this point: Without protection, workers are at too great a disadvantage when negotiating with large businesses. Look at working conditions before unions became powerful and laws and regulations were passed - they were brutal and wrong.
- kefka 10y agoNahh. The agency the corps hired, the Pinkertons, had full rights to murder people for not doing their job! I mean, this is laissez faire capitalism - of course the ones with the money have rights over other humans! /s Yeah, summed up libertarian beliefs and their logical conclusion in a nutshell.
- hackuser 10y agoI could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space--were it not that I have bad dreams. It's the bad dreams that always get you.
- 1_2__3 10y agoYou're making a case for government action, not coroporate. (I also happen to agree with you)
- 1_2__3 10y agoYou're making a case for government action, not coroporate. (I also happen to agree with you)