Kevin RussellNov 5, 2023

Take a deep breath.

I shouted for joy when I read this great justice.

"Uber and Lyft to pay $328 million for stealing $ from their drivers"

"Of the incalculable amount of money stolen from drivers by Uber and Lyft through various accounting shenanigans, $328m will be paid back to them..."

" . . in what New York Attorney General Letitia James called the largest wage-theft settlement her office has ever secured."

Applicable EVERYWHERE.

#Dems #VotingHasConsequences

https://boingboing.net/2023/11/05/uber-and-lyft-to-pay-328-million-for-stealing-from-their-drivers.html

Uber and Lyft to pay $328 million for stealing from their drivers | Boing Boing

Of the incalculable amount of money stolen from drivers by Uber and Lyft through various accounting shenanigans, $328m will be paid back to them and their lawyers in a settlement accounced earlier …

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Show threadPaul-Gabriel Wiener

@kevinrns

It's a big step forward, and that's fantastic.

You know what's even better? A driver-owned co-operative rideshare that cannot and will not commit wage theft in the first place.

https://drivers.coop/

The Drivers Cooperative

The Drivers Cooperative
Nov 6, 2023 at 3:27amWeb
Show threadMorgan ⚧️Nov 6, 2023
@WearsHats ty for sharing!!! I've been hoping something like this exists
Show threadPaul-Gabriel WienerNov 6, 2023
@raphaelmorgan unfortunately it's only in NYC for now. But the more people who know about it, the better it can succeed and the more quickly the model can spread.
Show threadTom RitchfordNov 6, 2023

@WearsHats @kevinrns This is one thirtieth of one year's revenue for Uber alone and no one's going to jail.

The executives who did this made out like bandits, personally, and will be just aching to commit similar crimes in the future.

> A driver-owned co-operative rideshare

Allow Uber and Lyft to continue their crime spree will forever prevent that.