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Uber and Lyft Drivers to go on Strike

posted by martyb on Tuesday May 07 2019, @11:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the but-they-are-already-a-cab-scab dept.

SomeGuy writes:

The Verge is reporting: drivers for the smart-phone app dependent Uber and Lyft ride-hailing services will be staging a strike on Wednesday to protest low wages and lack of additional benefits. The strike is meant to coincide with Uber's forthcoming IPO.

Both Uber and Lyft are generally considered "technology platforms", that simply match impromptu individual drivers to passengers, rather than an employer. Drivers are currently considered "independent contractors" and not employees. As such, drivers do not have the same benefits as employees, and in some areas allows these companies to skirt regulations.

Given the distributed ad-hock nature of how drivers are acquired, it will be interesting to what effect, if any, this "strike" has.

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  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:25AM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:25AM (#840534)

    The argument that the drivers will need to make is that by being assigned ride times/locations to pick up a customer by uber/lift is the same thing as a start and end time.

    That doesn't seem to make sense. If the nature of your work is time-bound (e.g., picking up fares, staffing a concert, etc), that doesn't sound right. Not being able to negotiate your own prices, though, that sounds like a slam-dunk (but IANAL).

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