There are plenty of Uber competitors out there. There model of employment isn’t the only one possible. We can do better, and we should try.
On the basis of your arguments business should make no attempt to care for any of their workers, and all worker protections should be abolished.
That model only works if you buy into the fantasy that employees have any real negotiating power, they don’t. The only negotiating power they have is collective actions taken by governments. France is nice strong democracy, it’s not unreasonable to say this is the French people’s rejection of Uber’s exploitive employment practices.
On the basis of your arguments business should make no attempt to care for any of their workers, and all worker protections should be abolished.
That model only works if you buy into the fantasy that employees have any real negotiating power, they don’t. The only negotiating power they have is collective actions taken by governments. France is nice strong democracy, it’s not unreasonable to say this is the French people’s rejection of Uber’s exploitive employment practices.