They're not employees. They set their own schedule. They don't have to wear a uniform. Their cars don't have to be the same. etc.
Fed Ex tried the contractor thing too but it was readily apparent that they were employees and not contractors since they had to follow a schedule that they set, wore a particular uniform, had their vehicles painted to a set standard etc.
An Uber union will do to it what unions did to Hostess, the airlines, the auto industry. Make costs so high and don't give a shit. Look at what it's doing to Illinois, putting the state so far in the red.
Contrary to what people think businesses aren't given a tree full of money when they become a business.
The answer is to break up the ISP regional monopolies. More competition will breed better service and innovation. What we have now is a steady as she goes model. If we had stuck with ATT&T as THE long distance company we'd still be paying horrendous rates and using the second cousin of the Bakelite phone.
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Jurassic World had been released in China when it opened. TFA isn't released in China until early Jan. So breaking this record is only the beginning.
They're not employees. They set their own schedule. They don't have to wear a uniform. Their cars don't have to be the same. etc. Fed Ex tried the contractor thing too but it was readily apparent that they were employees and not contractors since they had to follow a schedule that they set, wore a particular uniform, had their vehicles painted to a set standard etc. An Uber union will do to it what unions did to Hostess, the airlines, the auto industry. Make costs so high and don't give a shit. Look at what it's doing to Illinois, putting the state so far in the red. Contrary to what people think businesses aren't given a tree full of money when they become a business.
The answer is to break up the ISP regional monopolies. More competition will breed better service and innovation. What we have now is a steady as she goes model. If we had stuck with ATT&T as THE long distance company we'd still be paying horrendous rates and using the second cousin of the Bakelite phone.