One of the primary means by which unions perform their function of keeping wages high is via gatekeeping new hires And while that's often bad (racist/sexist/xenophobic/corrupt/etc) it's also often very good
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Replying to @arthur_affect @arkle and
I feel like people tend to forget that part of what a union is.
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Replying to @TrueMetis @arthur_affect and
I’m literally a card carrying union member.
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Replying to @surplusvalmeal @arthur_affect and
Then you should realize a union would have changed not a damn thing.
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Replying to @TrueMetis @arthur_affect and
It really would have. He would have been required to have his van wheelchair compliant so this would never have happened in the first place and neither one of us would know this ride even took place.
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Replying to @surplusvalmeal @arthur_affect and
Clearly this is in bad faith but I'm gonna say this anyway. Being required to accommodate wheelchairs has nothing to do with being in a union. He was legally required to regardless, and his vehicle was capable of accommodating the chair in question, he just refused to.
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Replying to @TrueMetis @arthur_affect and
This happened because, and only because, the driver's deliberate decision to do so. And union or no union the response to doing such a thing, is you're fired for refusing to do your job.
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Replying to @TrueMetis @arthur_affect and
Well he said he couldn’t fit the wheelchair. I don’t know whether that’s true or not, but a union would require him to have a wheelchair accessible ride so he wouldn’t have been able to use that. Furthermore if he for some reason tried, you could complain to the board
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Replying to @surplusvalmeal @TrueMetis and
He did not say that, and if he said that he would be lying, because his car, like most cars, has a trunk in which you can fold up a wheelchair Someone who did not have trunk space would have a difficult time driving for Uber, where many customers are going to or from the airport
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TrueMetis and
The person in question did not require a WAV with a lift and did not request one The majority of wheelchair users don't, because wheelchair users generally are capable of standing and walking for short periods The misconception that they can't is a massive problem
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The idea that the big problem with "wheelchair accessibility" on rideshare is the vehicles is false The big problem is people All street-legal vehicles in the US are perfectly capable of accommodating the vast majority of wheelchair users The drivers simply choose not to
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TrueMetis and
my chair fits into the vast majority of trunks when taken apart and yet ppl still don't wanna accommodate
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Replying to @spidermilky @arthur_affect and
Yep, I was once turned away by 3 ubers in a row who all claimed "no room" but I've gotten myself and three other people in a sedan with my wheelchair and had no problem, so its obviously possible
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