Uber & Lyft Drivers Plan To Strike At IPO

Posted: 5/7/2019

Just read Drivers Plan Global Strike In Honor Of Uber's IPO

Caveat: I do not know much about the background or details of this situation, but I speculate anyway.

Offering here my speculations about this news:

1. The Forbes news article is more hot air than anything
2. What a joke if indeed some drivers strike! These drivers are only accelerating the introduction of autonomous driving vehicles
3. Looks like a publicity stunt by labor unions to organize drivers
4. Are these drivers really so badly paid as the media and some non profit organisations will have us believe? Or is it possible that e.g. a lot of people want these jobs (e.g. to supplement their income etc.) therefore driving down pay. Or if it was paid so badly, why do so many people become drivers in a booming economy where so many other jobs are available

P.S.

Sites like LinkedIn (now Microsoft owned) also celebrate the strike by Uber & Lyft drivers. It was today’s (5/7/2019) LinkedIn Daily Rundown (US) how I became aware of this strike.