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'Leave them stranded': Rideshare drivers shut off apps at Atlanta airport, boycott for hours
(www.fox5atlanta.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2023
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Therein lies the problem. They're self-employed. Unless Atlanta is specifically different, rideshare drivers are almost always considered independent contractors, so they don't actually work for Uber/Lyft/whoever. It's hard to make demands for better pay when your boss is you.
I imagine this is an intentional design choice by gig employers, as well.
Officially but not actually. Falsely classifying employees as independent contractors is a common trick corporations use to be able to treat them like shit.
Exactly. If they actually were independent contractors, they could charge whatever price they want for a ride. But they can't, Uber decides how much a ride costs and how much the driver gets of that cost. Independent my ass.