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Do you mean "Should a driver still have a vote/share in the co-op if they quit driving for 6 months?" If so, then there are various ways to handle it. I'm not a
by CamTin 8y ago
Do you mean "Should a driver still have a vote/share in the co-op if they quit driving for 6 months?" If so, then there are various ways to handle it. I'm not an expert but in agricultural co-ops like Oceanspray, the problem simply doesn't arise: there's no scenario where it is in the farmer's best interest not to harvest his cranberries at all, and they contract for delivery before the harvest season (they can go it on their own or sell to a different processor next harvest if they want, in which case they leave the co-op). For worker co-ops like grocery stores, there are various solutions: some give credit (including voting power and dividend) per hour worked, others just pay regular wages but have tiers of ownership that you move up with tenure. There are infinite possible models.
For Uber specifically, I can see miles=votes for each election period. IOW, if you've driven 10,000 miles since the last election, then you get to cast 10,000 votes. The fact that all the work is tracked mechanically makes it easier in Uber's case than in others.
- walshemj 8y agoWell it would not be a coop then its one member one vote
- Aloha 8y agoIt could be a split system, much like the US Congress is - I do think that the person who works full time on a platform ought to get a bigger voice than the guy who takes rides on weekends, for example.
- chipperyman573 8y agoWhile that makes sense in theory it usually leads to policies that exclusively benefit the people that work the most, because they're the ones with the most votes. Unions often have this problem, where new hires are often taken advantage of by the union in favor of people who have been working longer.
- CamTin 8y agoEither scheme ("one worker, one vote" or "some workers are are more equal than others") has downsides, but they're both probably preferable (to labor) than the status quo arrangement where labor gets no say at all in managing an enterprise.