Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc::An Uber boss has issued a stark warning that Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc.
“Our business model isn’t sustainable unless we remove worker rights”
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I forgot how we didn’t have taxis until uber came around.
Taxis also use a platform to function. They have radio dispatch, they rent cars to drivers, they have digital platforms with online orders.
Taxi companies traditionally stiff their drivers out of benefits too, and are typically in bed with local administration and politicians so they never get called out on it.
Their online platforms have ratings you can’t rely on, there’s fake cabs, fake meters, ghost drivers, cash only, angry drivers, dirty and broken cars, aggressive and unsafe driving etc.
So if your point is that taxi companies will fill back the demand after Uber is gone that’s true, but it won’t change anything for the drivers.
In fact many of the Uber drivers will be permanently out of the picture because they’re not pro drivers and are not familiar with the more cut throat taxi business.
Right, let’s not forget we already have an even shittier version of uber.
Ehhhh… No, now Uber has to contribute to the social security for those workers. And pay then for annual leave.
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This is an article about EU.
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You responded to a comment talking about workers rights, not social security. And neither of these are unique to the US, did you really think that?
https://sede.seg-social.gob.es/wps/portal/sede/sede/Ciudadanos
Took me 10 seconds to find the social security website for Spain. Which, contrary to popular belief, is not a state of the US.
So yeah… Wrong again.
Edit: even with different names, all counties in EU have similar methods. This is one, fell free to search for others
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Don’t forget consumer protections!
Uber somehow managed to convince people that it’s not their fault if their drivers don’t follow traffic laws, drive intoxicated, and assault people.
The hubris of thinking that a random driver-exploiting app is some kind of godsend utility and we’ll be scared of losing it.
At this point the old school taxi companies have their apps too, you’re not the cool kid anymore, uber
All anyone ever wanted was an app. Uber stopped being cheapna decade ago. It’s not competitive so let it die.
Around here any taxi driver can have their rating on the online app reset to 5 stars for $50 whenever their want.
As much as people hate WalMart, the folks in the south side of Chicago seem pretty unhappy they lost it.
If you can’t pay your workers ethically then your business doesn’t deserve to exist. Simple as that.
Yes. These people are not entitled to be business owners. If they can’t hack it, then get out of the way for the people that can. But don’t worry, business owners - I’m sure you’d be perfectly happy being a gig worker for another company instead, right?
Tell that to the shareholders
If your business model requires the economic exploitation of your workers, your company possesses no legitimate reason to exist.
Similar to what I always say: if your company’s survival relies on tax evasion, you shouldn’t have a company.
This might not be universal, but here it doesn’t even require it.
Back in 2017, Uber tried to expand to my home province and tried to get us to change our local regulations regarding rideshare (it boiled down to Uber being required to call its drivers employees and to function like the pre-existing taxi services).
Local government doesn’t budge, so Uber decides that it doesn’t want to come anymore. Within the year, a local alternative pops up that complies with the regulations Uber tried to fight, and they’re still profitable 6 years later.
It’s not that Uber isn’t capable of paying their employees living wages, it’s that they can earn more money if they don’t.
"Since 2021 in the UK, Uber drivers are considered ‘workers’, which is not full employee status but does mean they receive sick pay and annual leave.
The firm has gone further than UK competitors including Ola and Bolt in worker benefits.
The number of drivers on the UK platform has doubled in recent years."
Go fuck yourself uber.
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Um, you do realise that the only reason you couldn’t get a normal taxi was because Uber’s business model was to destroy the industry and take over?
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Oh boy 😂
Edit - I should explain
Uber never rolled out service to the airport because it wasn’t profitable enough, that would be the only reason
The few remaining taxi drivers still in work after Uber destroyed their industry won’t go to the airport, for the same reason Uber didn’t. But now the taxi drivers are even less likely to go there as they’re forced to go where the money is, wherever that may be
Let’s face it, if you ever used Uber to save yourself a few dollars, it was at Uber’s expense; they made a loss on it
Now the taxi drivers have gone, they have a monopoly and have quadrupled their prices
As they say, there’s never one flake of snow that thinks it was responsible for an avalanche
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No worries, keep using Uber and Airbnb
Fuck uber.
Okay, byeee!
Good, if someone is selling their labor they should be protected as an employee.
As a European, all I can say is good riddance, you greasy fuckers.
So people will go back to fairly-paid taxi drivers. Not seeing a problem here.
Oh no! Anyway…
EU please do what California utterly failed to do!
F you, Uber.
They tried to bypass taxi laws in our main city and the municipality just kicked them out. Never thought I would say it, but here am I:
Good job, government. Well done.
Well…bye
Yes. Fuck off then.
