[Buckiemohawk]

Agreed. Plus, rideshare drivers and other gig workers aren't a big enough demographic, nor is there enough money behind us to make any big difference. That and neither Dems or Reps are going to be our saving grace. I don't believe in many conspiracy theories, but it's not hard to believe the theory that both parties are actually collaborating behind closed doors but then publicly displaying criticisms toward each other and having different ideas just to give the appearance that they both care about their constituents.

The only way they could fix this is by setting rate card and thats it. Thats the only way to fix rideshare is a rate card but these idiots want tax money. The problem with 15 dollars an hour is one it will not pay enough and then you wont be able write off mileage. She's absolutely insane but I dont think it will hold and get challenged

 

[Buckiemohawk]

Interesting that out of 10 votes cast at this point, no one think that the prospect of government regulation will be bad for Uber/Lyft. Odd, since the consensus among the companies and shareholders is that government regulation could force them out of business.

Makes me think that the responders here are either just knee-jerk voting, or they really don't know what the business model for profit is within the rideshare companies..

If they do the 15 dollar an hour it will force them out because nobody will be able to write of mileage. If they do a rate card it will stop a lot of long trips to a certain extension

 

[Buckiemohawk]

5 hours last night 200 dollars. I only took surges. Most of these other will take everything and drives miles to pick up calls

 

[Buckiemohawk]

This will be bad but not very bad for U/L. They will have less room to play games with us, like when they offer silly low-paying rides with a long deadhead. They will have unemployment costs when they wrongfully deactivate drivers based on pax trying to scam a ride. When drivers are murdered on the job each month, they must deal with OSHA. They will have to pay workman's comp to injured drivers. As workers, states will be more likely to step in to protect workers. An employer is generally responsible for any costs incurred when an employee causes a car accident while performing work duties, even if the car is privately owned. No $2,500 deductible.

A rate card will not help if Uber hires too many drivers and we wait much of the time. The same goes for drivers getting a percentage of the fare. 75% would be nice. I would like to see both, plus a guaranteed rate per hour.

Mileage is paid tax-free to employees, so that does not have to change. However, if Uber only pays 30 cents per mile, drivers will lose big time.

There will less reason for drivers to cherry-pick rides because the pay for bad rides will need to be increased, and if U/L does that, I expect that the good rides will have their pay reduced.

Whenever U/L a forced to change, they lower driver pay and blame it on whoever/what made them change. So expect pay to decrease, but some of us will get some reduced costs.

How many of you are making less than minimum wage now? I am guessing 1%. If so, then that will not affect U/L or drive much.

She is not insane, no more insane than the minimum wage law & labor laws. Courts have ruled that we are employees, and none have said otherwise except in CA, where it took a new law to change the status. All it would take is someone with a spare a million or two dollars (or the Biden administration) to make us all employees. U/L treats us like employees & pays us like ICs. Since it has worked, we have not made many serious efforts to change. As drivers see their pay getting closer to minimum wage, things could change, but most likely, they will just quit and work elsewhere.

Keep dreaming bud. Because you dont want to be an employee for this you want to be able to make money. And get payed a true rate card