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		dnautics on June 17, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber Drivers Deemed Employees by California Labor ... I'm a Lyft driver and this is a TERRIBLE decision for me, personally. Luckily, I will be quitting and launching my own company (a biotech) soon. The irony is that if this ruling sticks and Uber and Lyft lose significant business, business will migrate to taxis, which have an even more exploitative (but definitely legal) relationship with their drivers!!

Daishiman on June 18, 2015 | [–]

Or, you know, an actual platform that does connect freelance drivers to passengers and allows them to set the conditions for the fare in a legal manner?

johndevor on June 17, 2015 | [–]

It's as-if... this were politically motivated or something... hrm... tin foil hat?

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