Uber Is Treating Its Drivers As Sweated Labor, Says Report (theguardian.com)

Uber treats its drivers as Victorian-style "sweated labor", with some taking home less than the minimum wage, according to a report into its working conditions based on the testimony of dozens of drivers. From a report on The Guardian: Drivers at the taxi-hailing app company reported feeling forced to work extremely long hours, sometimes more than 70 a week, just to make a basic living, said Frank Field, the Labor MP and chair of the work and pensions committee. Field received testimony from 83 drivers who said they often took home significantly less than the "national living wage" after paying their running costs. The report says they described conditions that matched the Victorian definition of sweated labor: "when earnings were barely sufficient to sustain existence, hours of labor were such as to make lives of workers periods of ceaseless toil; and conditions were injurious to the health of workers and dangerous to the public."

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Re:Says a man or woman

[Archangel Michael]

GAWD!!!

You're completely free to starve to death and die in the streets.

STOP IT. nobody is dying because they can't drive for Uber. The real wage slavery is caused by government taking up to 50% of your earnings as a baron of the land, you stupid serf.

Re:Says a man or woman

[roman_mir]

So what you are saying, rsilvergun, is that Uber is *saving people from starvation and death*. Seems to me that attacking a company that provides that option to people without any other options is not a good economic move.

Re:Says a man or woman

[cbraescu1]

things like Infrastructure and Education. There is a reason why Corporations only move their assets to Tax Heaven countries

A very simple yet effective way to detect half-educated retards spewing retarded bullshit is to check for abnormal capitalization in common nouns. Congratulations, you qualified!