05-10-2019, 07:02 PM
(05-10-2019, 05:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But it is easy to say that the drivers are not getting the pay they were promised.
What happened to "Everyone is getting what they agreed to."
You have to remember that Uber is not just paying these drivers. Uber is also renting their cars, except the car owner does not get any rent for his car. So some of these drivers may be paying for and maintaining a more expensive car than they would if they were not riving for these companies. That is an investment on their part. So it is not fair for Uber to pull the rug out from under them and cut their pay.
They were never “promised” a rate though.they get a cut of rates with rates determined by Uber.
How is this any different than any other contractor? If I use a handyman he is a contracted employee and I have used his tools and his insurance and such. If I contract him for multiple jobs in succession there is no guarantee each rate will be the same and he can refuse to continue to work from job to job.
They are contractors, the government agrees. If they weren’t contractors all of these arguments would hold more water but since they are contractors they simply don’t. As I keep pointing out the fight is with the government classification not with Uber.
