Even the cash day workers aren’t out this morning. Normally there would be about 15. Standing in groups of 3 to 6. I only see 2 in total this morning. Uber is slow as well.
I’m thinking about the recent vote here regarding ballot question #3. This will allow ridehail drivers to form a union. Since we are categorized as contractors it’s illegal for us to unionize. Here in Massachusetts we won that initiative. At first the vote would appear to be close. However there are a lot of communities in Massachusetts that have little or no ridehail users. If you subtract them out then we won but a lot. We have a mandate from voters to form a union.
If you don’t consider those communities with 100 or less Uber rides per year the vote was overwhelmingly in drivers favor. We still face an uphill battle. Uber and Lyft have already begun lobbying our state representatives. They are promoting the false notion that we make $32.50 an hour. It’s more like an net revenue of $19 per hour on a good day. Much less on a slow day like today. See the article we posted https://massachusettsdriversunited.com/32-50-per-hour-nope/
For a thorough understanding of the state of ridehail in Massachusetts read this by expert Len Sherman of Columbia University. Published in Forbe’s “Why The FTC Needs To Investigate Uber’s Anti-Competitive Business Practices”.
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