L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago'It's definitely backfiring': Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is 'hurting' themwww.king5.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10file-text
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‘It’s definitely backfiring’: Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is ‘hurting’ them::undefined
minus-squareCyber Yuki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months ago Establish a wage floor. Establish a price cap. If the corporation can’t make a profit from this, then perhaps their business model was not viable in the first place.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoA price cap seems to be based on the premise that not having a service at all is better then having it be too expensive. I find that idea very questionable.
minus-squareCyber Yuki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·7 months ago“Let’s treat our workers like slaves or else the entire economy will suffer” is a far worse take IMHO.
minus-squarejdeath@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoi don’t think that is what they meant. is that a strawman you’re slaying?
Establish a wage floor.
Establish a price cap.
If the corporation can’t make a profit from this, then perhaps their business model was not viable in the first place.
A price cap seems to be based on the premise that not having a service at all is better then having it be too expensive. I find that idea very questionable.
“Let’s treat our workers like slaves or else the entire economy will suffer” is a far worse take IMHO.
i don’t think that is what they meant. is that a strawman you’re slaying?