[NAGDU] RideShare and Drivers

[Al Sten-Clanton]

Dave, you bring up a good point.  It applies in a lot of areas where we 
and others are seeking justice.  It's frustrating and often enraging, 
yet it is indeed part of the battle and the war.


Al


On 5/26/24 06:43, David Andrews via NAGDU wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Please bear with me. First I will say I feel for you folks. I can't 
> imagine the stress of knowing whether or not you will be passed by 
> when you call Uber or Lyft. You have the law and common decency on 
> your side.
>
> I am not trying to excuse the behavior of the companies, they are 
> clearly in the wrong ... but I wanted to mention one thing to keep in 
> mind.
>
> In the 1980's I managed the Radio Reading Service in Chicago.  One of 
> our volunteers was in charge of training all United Airlines flight 
> attendants. I believe they had 10,000 or more at the time. As you will 
> remember we were having problems with Airlines then, where blind 
> people sat etc. She and I talked about it and I knew she fully 
> understood our position and supported it.  However, she said one thing 
> to me:
>
> The hardest thing is to train all 10,000 people the same and to get 
> them all to act the same!
>
> As I said, this is not an excuse, but Uber and Lyft have even more 
> drivers, all the training is on-line, and the drivers are contractors, 
> not employees. So unfortunately, this may always be an uphill battle.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Dave
>
>
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