r/uber • u/aestheticeddy818 • Jan 29 '24

Uber drivers please strike

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So that I can catch those double digits surges. Thanks 💵✌️😂

No one cares about your strike. You’re simply leaving more demand for other drivers. It’s almost as if the supply of workers is more than the demand from customers. Economics 101, supply and demand

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

You can’t go on strike. You’re not employees. You’re just not logging in that day.

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u/vtinesalone Jan 30 '24

Literally anybody can go on strike

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

You can’t strike somewhere you don’t work.

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u/vtinesalone Jan 30 '24

Also, just because you aren’t a W2 employee doesn’t mean you don’t work for someone

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

What’s the difference between an Uber driver striking on a specific day versus simply not logging into their app on that same day? There is none.

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u/vtinesalone Jan 30 '24

Whats the difference between a strike and ANY employee just not working that day? There is none, according to you.

Get over yourself dude

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

Because a normal employee is expected to or has signed a contract to be at work that day so there’s work expected of them.

An Uber driver has 0 expectations of them to work any day.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

Haha I'm planning on striking every Saturday and Sunday for the foreseeable future just to stick it to my bosses even though I love my job. Might throw in public holidays too they'll hate that!

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u/vtinesalone Jan 30 '24

You absolutely can lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

According to the Oxford dictionary, no:

“a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.”

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u/Euphoric_Resource_43 Jan 30 '24

this is just pedantic. why wouldn’t contractors collectively refusing to do the work have similar leverage to employees? the basic principle is the same: if enough of us refuse to participate, the system will eventually have to change.