California just killed Uber/Lyft

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  1. Moonglow

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    In the country we have Lyft which is usually yer thumb out while walking..
     
  2. Creasy Tvedt

    Creasy Tvedt Well-Known Member

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    Hitchhiking?

    What year is it where you live? 1972?
     
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    Bad news for older folks. How will they get around when Uber and Lyft stop operations in California?
     
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    I suspect that it was a radical ploy by the very needy trail lawyers association in CA to ensure there was more ambulance chasing business to be had...
     
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  6. Creasy Tvedt

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    By sticking out their thumbs apparently.
     
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    Good way to end up face down in a field no longer breathing.
     
  8. Moonglow

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    Well now we do have horses but we'd hate to ruin their shoes on pavement.
     
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    If true the market will figure it out. What we don't need is you or the government to dictate how people can sell their own damn skills, resources, or time!!!! These topics illuminate just how f**ked up our country really is. Does anyone really believe in liberty?
     
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  10. Creasy Tvedt

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    When the lefties pulled their leftie crap on Lyft in Austin, Texas, Lyft shut down the app in Austin and said "kthnxbye!".

    All the leftie hipsters went into a tizzy, panicked, and they started organizing PseudoUber ride sharing on Facebook. Can you even imagine jumping into the car of a Facebook rando?

    It didn't last long. Lyft was soon welcomed back. Reality stings.
     
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    Reality
     
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    Hey. That’s racist against journalists!!!! :)
     
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    On a recent trip to Chicago, I tried both taxis and Uber. Only rode one Taxi, because the car was filthy and smelled, and the driver was sketchy. The Uber cars were all extremely well kept, and the drivers were clean-cut. I won't use a taxi again, if I have the option of Uber or Lyft. That said, my friend in Chicago preferred taxis. My wife and I preferred Uber.
     
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    I'm a bit confused (admittedly due to lack of in depth reading)
    Am I to understand that in Cali, Uber/Lyft can no longer designate the drivers as independent contractors (1099) and need to have them designated as employees (W2)?

    And the net result would be that U/L would then either sharply raise pricing, or discontinue service in Cali?
     
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    That's a bingo.
     
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    There are lots of on call/as needed union jobs.
     
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    I guess that’s why Uber just announced construction of a huge facility near downtown Dallas and will be hiring 3000 people with a minimum of $100k/ year salary. That’s one more company leaving California for Texas.
     
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    ty.

    now, unfortunately I have this stuck in my head... dammit.

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    I would pay a little bit more for the convenience of UBER and LYFT.
     
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    Putting them on company time frames instead of their own come and go as they please as independents.

    Why do you think the unions are demanding they be listed as full time employees what are they trying to gain?
     
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    Time schedules, productivity quotas, performance evaluations, drug screenings, etc...

    Being an "employee" comes with some serious baggage.
     
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    If your driver is a union worker, you're going to be paying a lot more than a little more. Count on it.
     
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    Which brings up the question of liability. Are Uber/Lyft going to be on the hook for massive lawsuits when(not if) one of their employees gets into a fatal wreck and turns out to have been hopped up on the goofballs?

    They're no longer going to have the "independent contractor" firewall shielding them from lawsuits.

    The lawyers are now going to be chasing around Uber cars like they chase ambulances.
     
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    Bargaining rights. They can’t bargain if they aren’t even employees. No different than adjunct professors unionizing. They don’t get full time schedules just because they organized. There are as needed union members working for cities and counties, special districts...health clinics...
     
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    Its California, supermarket baggers can be in unions. The concept of what is or isn't a profession is lost on that state. It is that sort of thinking that suppresses wages and destroys the drive for success in the lower classes...
     

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