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Drivers aren't forced to drive for Uber. Anyone driving for Uber is doing it because they want to do so. What makes something a fair wage?
by bgorman 6y ago
Drivers aren't forced to drive for Uber. Anyone driving for Uber is doing it because they want to do so.
What makes something a fair wage?
- doomrobo 6y agoThis is too general an argument. Why did people work in factories where they'd lock the door during the day? Or where there were machines that sometimes ripped people's arms off? Why did this spur regulations on workplace conditions?
- brippalcharrid 6y agoPossibly because the legal industry hadn't yet become commoditized or otherwise widely available or well-disposed to the people getting their arms ripped off in such a way as meant that they could sue the pants off factory owners that failed in their reasonable duty of care. The other less egregious examples would likely have improved gradually over time in line with general standards of living amongst the population, spurred on by competition between employers as they retooled and automated, and sought higher-skilled labor.
- nrmitchi 6y ago> Anyone driving for Uber is doing it because they want to do so Or, they have very limited other options. The entire concept of Minimum Wage laws are put in place to address the points you're making. As FDR stated in 1933: > It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. You can argue about what you think a fair wage is, but it has been decided that the absolute floor value you are allowed to argue for is set as the minimum wage. It is unclear, that after accounting for all time spent "driving", and paying all expenses related to driving, that drivers are always paid even minimum wage.