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b_b  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If Uber drivers were employees, they'd be owed at least $730 million

Correction: a higher minimum wage should affect contractors. If the government allows companies to chronically underpay by classifying workers as contractors or any other ridiculous thing, and then only takes action by settling for pennies on the dollar, then what's the point of a minimum wage or any other disincentive? A law is only as good as its enforcement, and the Ponzi scheme that is uber only exists because we've made a collective choice not to enforce labor laws (never mind the myriad transpiration regulations).





wasoxygen  ·  2898 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    a higher minimum wage should affect contractors

It's gonna be great when a single mom can start earning some real money cleaning houses, maybe even more than professional maid services charge.

wasoxygen  ·  2214 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The link expired before b_b had a chance to explain how forcing a single mom to charge more for cleaning houses is going to help her out.

    I'm a single mom trying to make a living to provide for my three kids. My two kids goes to school until 3:30 and my little one is 9 months old. I could clean a house with my baby with me, do shopping or babysit at my home. I live in lake view trailer homes on textile and Bunton. Please give me a call if you need any other jobs you can give me.