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The issue behind Uber and Lyft is not compulsory work. The problem is that the depreciation, injury risk, and opportunity cost of the job is misunderstood and p
by birdyrooster 7y ago
The issue behind Uber and Lyft is not compulsory work. The problem is that the depreciation, injury risk, and opportunity cost of the job is misunderstood and people are being taken advantage of. In your argument, no one is forcing them to be taken advantage of and our society should eat the cost.
You could use your same argument to say that businesses don’t need to legally pay minimum wage since someone is willing to take less.
These conditions are bad for everybody and create a depressing effect on earnings for workers.
- PorterDuff 7y agoCouldn't you simply require Uberlyft to run potential drivers through a quick course on depreciation, injury risk, opportunity cost? That's really not a bad idea generally. Give them full information and then treat them like adults.
- minikites 7y agoWhy would they tell the truth? https://thinkprogress.org/mcdonalds-tells-workers-to-budget-by-getting-a-second-job-and-turning-off-their-heat-c3bce1526c1e/ https://thinkprogress.org/mcdonalds-tells-workers-to-budget-... >McDonalds has partnered with Visa to launch a website to help its low-wage workers making an average $8.25 an hour to budget. But while the site is clearly meant to illustrate that McDonalds workers should be able to live on their meager wages, it actually underscores exactly how hard it is for a low-paid fast food worker to get by. >The site includes a sample “budget journal” for McDonalds’ employees that offers a laughably inaccurate view of what it’s like to budget on a minimum wage job. Not only does the budget leave a spot open for “second job,” it also gives wholly unreasonable estimates for employees’ costs: $20 a month for health care, $0 for heating, and $600 a month for rent. It does not include any budgeted money for food or clothing.