Uber fights Unionization
Each week, you must answer questions provided by the Professor on articles from The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times. You are expected to participate in these discussions each week.
Please read the article ” uber fights unionization” on page B2 of 03/13/2017 WSJ.
- Who has the most leverage in this negotiation between uber and its drivers?
- Assuming that unionization occurs, will riders be willing to pay the extra costs or possibly do you think that Uber’s profits will go down and fares will stay the same?
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In this case, the drivers have more leverage as compared to Uber. The drivers will be empowered and will be able to fight for a better pay as well as other benefits. Uber has been reluctant to do so in the past. Most of the employees are contractors and work for a short time in a day this has made it easy for Uber to avoid giving the employees benefits like Medical…
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