Thousands of net makes an appointment with los angeles protest of car driver strike, urge a passenge

[Summary] the net makes an appointment with car industry to lying at present on a turning point. Uber and Lyft are preparing IPO, become appear on the market company. Their inchoate investor will become millionaire between one night. Meanwhile, the driver says he is maintaining bread in hardship.

Dispatch of Tecent science and technology is occupied outside intermediary report, this Zhou Yi, the strike that the Uber of los angeles and Lyft driver had by a definite date one day, they reject to carry a passenger, in order to protest a decision that Uber near future is in this area to make: the driver every miles drive income is cut down 25% .

Last week, be in the partial area of los angeles county and Ao Lanzhi county, uber general driver every miles drive income was cut down 25% . Original driver can gain 80 cent every miles (add up to a RMB about 5.3 yuan) , dropped 60 cent now. Confidential of a lot of department maintains bread already very hard, fall firewood decision is a serious blow to them.

Outside the Uber office building of los angeles suburb, a large number of drivers emerge street, calling catchword. Their requirement passenger uses public traffic tool in this week, do not make an appointment with car App with the net.

"Help us please the bondage of terminative new policy, " the driver Kaidala that participates in constituent strike (Sinakhone Keodara) pushing go up especially hair post says.

The net makes an appointment with car industry to lying at present on a turning point. Uber and Lyft are preparing IPO, become appear on the market company. Their inchoate investor will become millionaire between one night. Meanwhile, the driver says he is maintaining bread in hardship.

The identity of Uber and Lyft driver is independent contractor, cannot enjoy the welfare of company staff so, cannot calculate overwork wage, safeguard also does not enjoy even minimum wage, the union right that law of federal of prep let alone gifts. This Zhou Yi strike makes clear, the driver of Uber and Lyft is willing to be organized with some kind of means, raise their requirement, and they also realized the chip in him hand -- the United States " it is difficult to hire " the phenomenon is more and more serious.

Raises: Drivers appeal to truly beg

Los angeles driver hopes Uber cancels to fall not only firewood policy, still want to obtain raises.

Although the driver of Uber and Lyft is going on strike, but what they basically protest is Uber is opposite recently the policy reducing salary of driver of los angeles area.

Kaidala and other organizer are the net makes an appointment with car driver alliance (Ride Share Drivers United) member, this is a blame seeks profits organization, for the net of global each district driver of App agreement a car provides a help. This organization is active in los angeles already several years, the strike ever also had been organized before, but the member is not much, consequence is finite. Nevertheless this kind of circumstance produced change recently.

In going two years, the member of this organization increases about 3000 from 300.

"We are a flock of independent drivers, oneself are organized, with the antagonism of the the most powerful, richest company of a few science and technology on the world, " Uber driver Ni but · rub Er (Nicole Moore) pushing last week go up especially when releasing strike information, say. "Companies of these science and technology are reducing our income, so that they are when IPO,profiteer. So that they are when IPO,profiteer..

Uber of strike driver requirement cancels of 25% fall firewood policy, make sure the driver earns 28 dollars the least hourly.

This week tells the spokesman of Uber media, this company had modified way of firewood fulfil computation, before so the driver's income and firm will increase cost to lead September, be identical roughly. But the demand that Uber did not answer to whether can consider strike driver, cancel to fall namely firewood policy, ensure they earn 28 dollars at least hourly.

"The driver tells us, promotion opportunity is very significant to them, so we rolled out Quest to popularize a function, also changed minutely, every miles fare at the same time rate and start valence, " Uber spokesman says in the statement that gives medium. "These change will make fare rate and the case September fit, the driver still can build the model that fits him program most now, so that control their income better. So that control their income better..

And the driver that goes on strike in los angeles expresses, before fare rate and 6 months identical the requirement that does not accord with them.

Whether can the requirement that still does not understand a driver at present carry the strike and get satisfaction, but they have reason completely to believe they will be successful. After all the driver of Newyork city has proved, establishing labour union is not laborer is obtained more the only way that proposes a toast with high salary.

Base salary: The achievement of make a stand against of new York driver

The driver of Newyork city has forced Uber and Lyft to pay to them " base salary " .

To the investor of newly established company, the explosive type growth that the net restrains car App is a great good work, but make an appointment with car driver to the net for, so good with respect to unlikelihood.

Be in Newyork city, the increases this municipality wildly taxi driver that the net restricts car company brought severe financial pressure, as a result all drivers were immersed in intense competition, live the life of face thing upper part of the body hard.

The economist that California university Berkeley divides the orgnaization such as school will issue a report July last year, include data of a few compensation among them. The conclusion of the report is surprising: The net leaves to restrict a car in new York and do not suit those wanting that earn the person of extra gains.

Car driver is made an appointment with in all nets in, the person that exceeds an in part is round-the-clock be in accept the order, about half person has children to need to bring up. But their income is very low. Low to what degree? The driver of 40% has the competence that gains medical treatment allowance, the driver of about 18% has the qualification that wins food certificate.

The report shows, new York net makes an appointment with car driver the median of hourly income is 14 dollars about. "The net makes an appointment with car company to want to adjust only start valence, with respect to the addition that can enclothe driver recompense easily, this also won't cause too big inconvenience to the passenger. This also won't cause too big inconvenience to the passenger..

Below the help of this report, the driver will persuade new York official December last year, passed the first net of complete beauty to make an appointment with level of pay of car driver lowest, 4 large networks of American make an appointment with car company Uber, Lyft, Juno and Via to be able to enjoy this policy in the driver of new York.

Began in January from this year, the net makes an appointment with car company to need with horary 17.22 dollars (after deducting expense) the price pays a driver cash, the average tower above before comparing about 5 dollars -- independent driver association (Independent Drivers Guild, there is net of 70 thousand new York to make an appointment with car driver in the member) the data says, the average before is 11.9 dollars. This association predicts, new regulation can make full-time driver annual add receive 9600 dollars. (Lyft and Juno had sued this city now, say new fare rate is helpful for Uber. Each company uses requirement of the salary when different formula will satisfy lowest. )

Because the identity of Uber and Lyft driver is independent contractor, employee of and rather than, the safeguard that asks because of this firewood when they cannot get urban lowest (new York the firewood when present lowest is 15 dollars) . But new regulation is blocked up went up this flaw, ensure driver income can reach minimum wage level at least, still can tower above two 3 dollars, it is pair of wage tax and belt firewood is made up for offly.

Uber and Lyft are held to new regulation of course reject an attitude, say this meeting endangers competition, cause sheet of driver butt joint choice. Lyft and Juno sue new York be related to make clear, the company still is in make a stand against.

It is difficult to hire: The chip in driver hand

The demand that the net restricts car driver to put forward never now so much. Because as " it is difficult to hire " the problem is more and more serious, the competition of loot labour force also becomes intense with each passing day.

Drivers understand they have how old chip now.

American economy is experiencing serious able-bodied person to be in short supply at present. Come without enough worker fill is all post.

Come nearly one year, the post of every month is vacant amount all the time number of prep above to apply for a job -- from Ministry of Labour since statistical work flow beginning to lead 20 years ago, still appear for the first time this kind of circumstance.

According to American Ministry of Labour some earlier this month the data that moment publishs, up to by January, american economy has station of 7.6 million works to lack a person, but only 6.5 million person is in apply for a job. This is successive post of the 11st month is vacant to apply for a job of quantitative prep above person number. And the difference with every both month is expanding.

In recent years, employer complains skilled worker is in short supply all the time, be in especially STEM (science, technology, project and maths) the worker that the domain has high degree. And now, almost every industry is put in labor shortage problem, and blue collar worker is enrolled harder than the undergraduate.

What enrol the hardest is computer engineer no longer, however the family protects labour, cafeteria and hotel clerk. Because more and more American attended a college,this is, graduation hind pursues professional job, and the person of infantile current generation of blue collar estate is retiring.

Accordingly, it is now at least, low skill worker had the biggest chip in the labour market. It is too difficult that the driver of Uber and Lyft should look for other job to be not met now -- so, as it happens is estate of American blue collar now the optimal opportunity that offers a requirement to salary, welfare and pay. (Tecent science and technology is compiled / Kathy)