Interestingly all drivers are covered, but not all drivers will be voting members.<p>> only to drivers who have been with a company for the past 90 days and who have made at least 52 trips to or from Seattle during any three-month period in the past 12 months.<p>Lyft and Uber fought against this, under the logic that more part-time drivers are less likely to support unionization.<p>Meanwhile:<p>> Teamsters Local 117 and other drivers have pushed for stricter criteria<p>[1] <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/city-unveils-rules-for-unionizing-uber-lyft-drivers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/city-unvei...</a>
I really don't understand why a municipal law would dictate the organizational structure of a union (a private organization).<p>If Uber drivers want to organize, why do they need the Seattle City Council to pass a law first allowing it?
I wonder if Uber will just leave, like they did in Austin. Its hard to imagine the impact this would have, uber has a huge presence in seattle. I would imagine this would be political suicide for the council, certainly the impact it would have on my life would turn me into a full time shill for whoever opposes it politically
Move the goalposts much?<p>I'm discussing the underlying problem <i>why</i> the union formed you are still attacking the fundamental existence of unions.<p>As I stated<p><pre><code> Unions are a bandage on a gaping wound,
yes you can say the bandage isn't doing the best job.
But why do you have the gaping wound to start with?
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You say<p><pre><code> That they're disenfranchising some of their own members should be a big red flag.
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Okay but that doesn't disagree with my core point.<p>Unions aren't a solution to the underlying problem. I agree with you.<p>Why are you still attacking a <i>temporary solution</i> to a <i>much larger</i> problem? Do you just hate unions that much?<p>:.:.:<p><pre><code> Whatever the historical reasons for power structures,
once enacted they tend to serve their own ends.
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Power Structures are a spook! - Avar and Max Stirner<p><pre><code> That they're disenfranchising some of their own members
should be a big red flag.
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Enforcement of a power structure is disenfranchisement?<p>Every single organization in modern society experiences this. Either you truly are on some next level Max Strirner individualism or you don't really realize what you insinuating (which is every single human organization is a fundamental oppression again humanity, this is what Strirner wrote about).