spicytoastaficionado t1_j9k2u79 wrote
Reply to comment by ThreeLittlePuigs in Uber, Lyft drivers won’t pick up passengers at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday in pay protest strike by ThreeLittlePuigs
>The system is designed to stifle worker organizing
That's because the system is designed to let people work whenever/wherever they want.
It is hard to get a majority of workers on the same page when nobody has a set work schedule.
A labor strike effort would be way more effective if employee classification for ride-share drivers extended to Uber assigning specific pickup zones, dates, and hours to drivers.
An actual strike @ LaGuardia would be impactful if for instance, all riders assigned to work LaGuardia pickup that day collectively decided to strike. Then Uber would have to scramble to assign new drivers to that pickup zone, and those drivers could also strike.
Not sure how many drivers would want Uber to assign them when/where they could drive, though.
ThreeLittlePuigs OP t1_j9k30po wrote
That's an interesting take. Personally I think we should legislate away most gig economy jobs so that we aren't forfeiting basic labor regulations in the favor of some "move fast and break stuff" tech entrepreneurs idea of what's fair.
spicytoastaficionado t1_j9k9j49 wrote
Sure, but fully doing away with the "gig" model for rideshare companies would inevitably result in what I described, which is Uber having control of when/where drivers work.
That would make organizing labor strikes easier, but again, I'm not sure how many drivers would want dedicated shifts assigned to them by Uber.
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