minimum wage

MIT study says Uber wages are horrible

Submitted by arendt on Fri, 03/02/2018 - 6:18pm

Finally some data about what a racket Uber/Lyft/AirBnB are.

MIT study shows how much driving for Uber or Lyft sucks

The researchers found profit from ride-hail driving to be “very low”. On an hourly basis, the median profit was $3.37 per hour, with 74% of drivers earning less than the minimum wage in the state where they operate.

An Indignant Rant About Milquetoast 'Centrist' Right-wing Enablers

Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Sat, 07/08/2017 - 4:26pm

It's about 8 months after the electoral college handed Dipshit Dumpsterfire Trump the presidency (With the help of Hillary Clinton and the DNC) and the Democratic Party is still whining. Yet for all that whining, they can't seem to shake the very tactics, non-policies and toxic identity politics that led to their loss to begin with.

OT 11-12-15: On Minimum Wage

Submitted by Shahryar on Thu, 11/12/2015 - 6:00am

The first real job I had was in 1976. I had been looking for work that summer for a couple of months with no luck. Then, finally, I was hired as a short order cook in an Orange Julius kiosk on Los Feliz Blvd., near Hollywood. It happened to be 106 degrees that day and I spent it over the grill. I was pretty excited after work because I'd made money! But as the night progressed I just couldn't face doing that ever again.