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In SF, strippers were upset about working conditions, sued, and laws were changed so that strippers are now considered employees, not independent contractors. This backfired horribly, with strip clubs cutting pay to make up for losses, and hundreds of strippers quitting. (Cont)

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Sep 29, 2019

I heard about this first through a stripper friend who'd quit because of this. She said working at the club was simply not worth it now due to the reduced income and flexibility. You can read more here:

sfexaminer.com

New rules for contractors have unexpected consequences for The City’s strip clubs

As some 30 dancers were handed the first employee paychecks ever issued to them by the Penthouse Club one evening…

Aella

@Aella_Girl

I anticipate something like this happening when the laws change around ride sharing platforms. I predict, in the end, the ways the platforms have to adapt to comply to the laws will end up having the worst outcomes for the drivers.

2:45 AM · Sep 29, 2019

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Contractor or employees if the club wants to take advantage of you they can use either situation It's the club owner not the laws

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Club owners have an incentive for strippers not to quit, and publicly spoke against the new law. The end outcome was worse for both groups.

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Yup

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This feels like market entropy where everything eventually settles in the mediocre :( (dunno what's the technical term if there is one)

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Well ride sharing drivers are doomed if Uber and Lyft want profits.. he only way they will achieve profits and this is spelled our in their IPO materials is with self driving "robot" cars.. they have no chance at profitable company with humans..

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Why would this surprise anyone? The part that IS amazing is that the very same lefties who go on about "legibility" are so frequently blind to when they're going down that same rabbit hole, insisting on "doing things the way they are done" in spite of all evidence against that.

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We have decided as a country to have taxes, workers comp, sick leave, etc for employees. They were ignoring these laws and now have to change their business model. We either need all businesses to follow these rules or none. Uber and lyft have enough money to keep employee wages.

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Seems like this is in the cards one way or the other, considering Uber/Lyft profitability outlook. Unless they're just going to go on losing money forever to the (meager) benefit of their drivers.

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The outcomes right now are pretty bad for the drivers. back when Uber and Lyft started drivers could make a decent amount of money. Since then, drivers have flooded the labor market, the rates paid have dropped, and the company's percentage has grown.