05-09-2019, 05:44 PM
(05-09-2019, 05:36 PM)fredtoast Wrote: If there is no Taxi company in the area it is very expensive to get a license. So many of them probably don't have that option.
In fact Uber and Lyft have caused some Taxi businesses in low served areas to go out of business.
So they basically were able to work because Uber and Lyft provided them a platform to let them make money without needing a costly license that many probably couldn’t afford? Seems like they got the benefits they were promised as a contractor. Let’s be honest there isn’t this high demand to be a Taxi driver because they are employees that have to work scheduled hours. The reason there are so many drivers is because they as contractors make their own schedules.
Their fight is with the US government classifying them as contractors. They should focus on contacting their legislators and get it changed that way. The issue is once they do this Uber is now a Taxi company and it kind of dies off, at least until self driving cars come about.
