I understand the purpose of the Uber/Lyft driver strike, which is to raise awareness of low pay, etc. But I don't see how striking for one day -- and saying everyone will be back to work on Thursday -- causes enough corporate pain to create change.
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I wouldn’t put a lot of faith in humanity - I asked an Uber driver yesterday what percent of people tip and he told me it was about 30%.
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That is the point. This is the contradiction of service labor in America. Americans want cheap services but don’t want to pay the wages that would mean that workers in restaurants, child care, transportation, etc. get a living wage.
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I mean, they could certainly feed that information back into passenger ratings!
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Reminds me that there's a bay area sandwich chain that has an opt-out surcharge for covering the cost of giving employees benefits.
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The people who would tap the 'living wage' button don't take uber/lyft, they take taxis.
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lol oooooof.
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