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'It feels cold and heartless': Hundreds of California freelancers have been fired before the holidays over a state law meant to help Uber and Lyft drivers
Business Insider ^
| December 18, 2019
| Allana Akhtar
Posted on 12/19/2019 10:17:32 AM PST by karpov
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The California legislature outlaws their form of employment, and they blame their employer for being "cold and heartless". No wonder they (used to) work for Vox, a liberal site.
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:17:32 AM PST
by
karpov
To: karpov
To: karpov
Got Democrats?
Merry Christmas!
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:19:33 AM PST
by
chris37
(Where's Hunter?)
To: karpov
To: karpov
"...a state law meant to help..."
I see yer problem right there....
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:20:53 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again".)
To: chris37
These bozos will continue to vote Democrat even if they’re cooking the dog for dinner.
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:22:06 AM PST
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: karpov
I laughed.
I am a bad person.
To: karpov
To: Buckeye McFrog
My question is will they have the electricity to cook the dog?
And if not, will they burn the whole state down with their dog cookin’ fire?
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:26:50 AM PST
by
chris37
(Where's Hunter?)
To: Buckeye McFrog
“These bozos will continue to vote Democrat even if theyre cooking the dog for dinner.”
Not just vote Democrat, but violently oppose anyone who doesn’t. As California goes, so goes America. I am very pessimistic about our future.
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:28:14 AM PST
by
brownsfan
(Behold, the power of government cheese.)
To: karpov
“California lawmakers meant for the new law, Assembly Bill 5, to help Uber and Lyft drivers get more pay and benefits for working long hours. But instead, to save money, companies responded by slashing jobs for part-time and full-time freelance workers altogether right before the holidays.”
The problem here illustrates the general problem with liberals and Leftists regarding ALL matters, not just economic ones: they make decisions with their hearts and not their heads. ANYONE who was or is in business can tell you that if you increase costs that you’ll have less people working (and lower tax revenues, too - but that’s not at issue here). The simple point is that the market ALREADY pays Uber and Lyft drivers what they are worth - if they were worth more to these companies, they’d pay them more to keep them...but they’re NOT. So the good intentions of the idiot CA legislators (sorry for repeating myself) has, as usual, resulted in harm for the very people that they meant to help.
The great philosopher Ringo Starr had it right when he said, “Everything that the government touches turns to $hit.” Again, the article just provides another example of this principle. Government should STOP interfering with the markets. Lay down some safety rules and some limitations on hours for wage earners (as opposed to salaried workers).
I just hope that those who were fired don’t emote and blame their company for firing them, but that they think this through and understand that the blame falls squarely upon the legislature.
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:28:20 AM PST
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: chris37
They work for VOX.
I love it when leftists have to eat a leftist shit-sandwich.
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:30:10 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: WakeUpAndVote
I keep seeing learn to code written in a mocking way. Is coding what used to be called programming? Do people get paid (paid well?) who know how to code?
To: karpov
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of libs.
Merry Kwanzaa, Cali!
To: karpov
They bragged about how this law would help gig workers.
Nice work, dumbbells!
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:34:25 AM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(The internet has driven the world mad.)
To: karpov
liberal is WAY too nice
more like fascists with a psychopathic and unGodly agenda.
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:34:39 AM PST
by
dp0622
(Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
To: KC_Conspirator
#learntocode Won't help. Freelance programmers are hit too.
Maybe the workers who don't require physical presence, like the drivers do, can either move or just get a Nevada PO box as their "address" to hide from this idiotic law.
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:35:06 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Cutest internet video: Charlie bit my finger. Creepiest internet video: Joe Biden bit my finger.)
To: chris37
You mean Happy Holidays *eyeroll*
To: brownsfan
As am I. They probably feel that the correct response should be for California to pass a law making it illegal for Vox to fire anybody.
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:36:06 AM PST
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: Ancesthntr
They really intended to do this. The left doesnt like this type of employment.
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posted on
12/19/2019 10:39:14 AM PST
by
Oldexpat
(Jobs Not Mobs)
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