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> Uber is not putting a gun to anyone's head. But their platform has a near-monopoly in many markets, which they use to set prices while simultaneously classif
by dls2016 7y ago
> Uber is not putting a gun to anyone's head.
But their platform has a near-monopoly in many markets, which they use to set prices while simultaneously classifying drivers as independent contractors.
- ApolloFortyNine 7y ago>while simultaneously classifying drivers as independent contractors. They are independent contractors. There's no time you have to be at work. There's no amount of time you have to work a given day of the week, or during the whole week. If they were forced to turn them into employees, that would all go away.
- dls2016 7y agoI understand, but in certain jurisdictions your viewpoint is being challenged. See: AB 5 in California or an announcement from the state of New Jersey that Uber owes $640 million in back taxes and fines for misclassifying employees. I personally have a moral problem with drivers not being allowed to charge their own rate while simultaneously being labeled independent contractors.
- ApolloFortyNine 7y agoThere are many countries where free speech is regularly challenged, that doesn't make it right. Especially in New Jersey's case trying to retroactively tax them. California at least is just changing a law.