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Where do you get the idea that taxis weren't exploiting their workforce? Most taxi companies made money hand over fist by lending the medallions to the drivers
by dnautics 8y ago
Where do you get the idea that taxis weren't exploiting their workforce? Most taxi companies made money hand over fist by lending the medallions to the drivers and lending the vehicles to the drivers. They sidestep the issue of contractor vs employee by being a service provided to the driver; aka the driver is their customer, not employee.
- icebraining 8y agoExactly. For reference, taxi drivers had to pay to work[1], to the benefit of medalion owners like Gene Freidman[2] (a guy who makes Travis Kalanick look like a pretty good person). [1] https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/nyregion/driving-a-taxi-difficult-in-best-of-times-gets-tougher.html https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/nyregion/driving-a-taxi-d... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Freidman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Freidman
- chrischen 8y agoWhat exactly did Travis do that was bad?