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3. The problem is the cab companies they are replacing are too

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 04:30 AM

Jan 2016

Yellow cab drivers aren't guaranteed minimum wage either; they're also contractors the medallion owner considers disposable.

I don't know. I agree with pretty much every complaint about Uber I see on DU, what I don't get is how cab companies are any better.

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Uber Drivers Plan Boycott After Fare Cuts Slash Their Earnings to Below Minimum Wage [View all] FrodosPet Jan 2016 OP

Why am I not surprised. SheilaT Jan 2016 #1

uber is just another sucking corporation trying to keep all the $$ for itself and not workers lol n msongs Jan 2016 #2

The problem is the cab companies they are replacing are too Recursion Jan 2016 #3

I've worked for both. Fuddnik Jan 2016 #4

A lot of conventional cab companies DO treat their drivers like shite as well FrodosPet Jan 2016 #8

Waaaah rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #5

K&R Starry Messenger Jan 2016 #6

Well, well, well. How the worm turns. Most liberals could have told you that Nay Jan 2016 #7