On: GrubHub Drivers Ruled Contractors

[BookmarkSaver]

And then a large portion of drivers who only drive as a secondary or supplementary income don't drive, and there is a supply shortage, meaning prices surge.

[jon_richards → BookmarkSaver]

Minimum wage is the acknowledgement that supply/demand is not sufficient for wage control. Your argument seems more like an argument against minimum wage in general.

[BookmarkSaver → jon_richards]

Yes, I also don't think that Uber/Lyft should necessarily be considered a means of primary employment.

[wickawic → BookmarkSaver]

You should tell that to the majoroty of (my Seattle) Lyft drivers that bought a Prius just so it could be their primary form of employment. From my personal experience it is only in the Bay Area that people use ride share as a supplemental income.

[apercu → wickawic]

Also anecdotal, I've used uber in DC many times, and many, many, many times in Toronto. Almost every driver I have has was supplementing their income.

[BookmarkSaver → wickawic]

I've found that all of the Lyft drivers here (also Seattle) that start conversations drive as a side thing. I have no statistics, but it appears you don't either.

[maccard → wickawic]

Another anecdote here - spent a few weeks in North Carolina. Every Lyft driver we got while there was doing it as a supplement to their income.