Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc

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• VonReposti@feddit.dk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Our business model isn’t sustainable unless we remove worker rights”

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  • zoe@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    luckely everyone has become wary of what these tech bros startups are all about. They are just a taxi company with extra steps

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But but but, there’s an app, surely that’s worth all the downsides right.

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  • pdxfed@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Bassman1805@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I forgot how we didn’t have taxis until uber came around.

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    • Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ehhhh… No, now Uber has to contribute to the social security for those workers. And pay then for annual leave.

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  • Asifall@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t forget consumer protections!

    Uber somehow managed to convince people that it’s not their fault if their drivers don’t follow traffic laws, drive intoxicated, and assault people.

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• jantin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The hubris of thinking that a random driver-exploiting app is some kind of godsend utility and we’ll be scared of losing it.

  At this point the old school taxi companies have their apps too, you’re not the cool kid anymore, uber

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  • echo64@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All anyone ever wanted was an app. Uber stopped being cheapna decade ago. It’s not competitive so let it die.

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  • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Around here any taxi driver can have their rating on the online app reset to 5 stars for $50 whenever their want.

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  • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As much as people hate WalMart, the folks in the south side of Chicago seem pretty unhappy they lost it.

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  • zoe@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Travis Kalanick would refer to himself as an ‘entrepreneur’

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• rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If your business model requires the economic exploitation of your workers, your company possesses no legitimate reason to exist.

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  • TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Similar to what I always say: if your company’s survival relies on tax evasion, you shouldn’t have a company.

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  • LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This might not be universal, but here it doesn’t even require it.

    Back in 2017, Uber tried to expand to my home province and tried to get us to change our local regulations regarding rideshare (it boiled down to Uber being required to call its drivers employees and to function like the pre-existing taxi services).

    Local government doesn’t budge, so Uber decides that it doesn’t want to come anymore. Within the year, a local alternative pops up that complies with the regulations Uber tried to fight, and they’re still profitable 6 years later.

    It’s not that Uber isn’t capable of paying their employees living wages, it’s that they can earn more money if they don’t.

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• vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Since 2021 in the UK, Uber drivers are considered ‘workers’, which is not full employee status but does mean they receive sick pay and annual leave.

  The firm has gone further than UK competitors including Ola and Bolt in worker benefits.

  The number of drivers on the UK platform has doubled in recent years.”

  Go fuck yourself uber.

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• paboppa@jlai.lu ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honestly that’s good, who cares ?

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  • Wrench@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Having just returned from Australia on vacation, I’ll say it was extremely inconvenient when Uber wasn’t in a region. We even managed to get stuck in a small airport because there were no regular taxis, and the local Taxi app simply didn’t work for the required 2fa with a foreign phone number (though the UI for selecting country was there, no text was ever received).

    Uber is great when available while traveling. Makes life so much easier.

    That said, I fully support regulating them to have to support their drivers as any other employer. Fuck them and their repeated threats to their ball and go home. Force them out of every market until they concede and restructure.

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    • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Um, you do realise that the only reason you couldn’t get a normal taxi was because Uber’s business model was to destroy the industry and take over?

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• squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Okay, byeee!

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• Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck uber.

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• wolo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good, if someone is selling their labor they should be protected as an employee.

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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m going to celebrate the day when they ‘pull out’ of hundreds of European cities.

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• baropithecus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As a European, all I can say is good riddance, you greasy fuckers.

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• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So people will go back to fairly-paid taxi drivers. Not seeing a problem here.

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• Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh no! Anyway…

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• acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  EU please do what California utterly failed to do!

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• Rubezahl@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  F you, Uber.

  They tried to bypass taxi laws in our main city and the municipality just kicked them out. Never thought I would say it, but here am I:

  Good job government, good job.

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• remus989@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well…bye

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  • JudahBenHur@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. Fuck off then.

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• slurpeesoforion@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh no!

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  • blackluster117@possumpat.io ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anyways…

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• jaschen@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  good.

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• Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh no- anyway.

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• demonsword@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  An Uber boss has issued a stark warning that Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc.

  don’t you dare threaten us with a good time

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• espentan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ciao!

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• hydrashok@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well… bye.

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• spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Brakes*

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• CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good fuck em

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• Asifall@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  *brakes

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• Lightrider@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Defeat the #fuckingcapitalists

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• zoe@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  all the better

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• t0lo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When will this happen?

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• Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh no!

  Anyways, I heard it was sunshine this weekend?

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• RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

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  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had no idea that would be that big.

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    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s what she said?

      ;-)

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• RickTofu@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wow, what an interesting technology this is!

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