"Palibe driver, palibe Uber!" madalaivala adayimba, mu crescendo, kunja kwa likulu la Uber ku New York City pa Greenwich Street, moyang'anizana ndi chikumbutso cha 9/11. "Palibe driver, palibe Uber!"
Chigawo cha Zachuma ku Manhattan chasowa chipwirikiti komanso kuyendetsa pazaka zambiri, koma nyumba zake zowoneka bwino, ngakhale zopanda kanthu, zikuwonekabe kuti zikuwonetsa mphamvu zadziko lonse lapansi. Lachinayi pa nthawi ya nkhomaliro, komabe, oyendetsa taxi mazana angapo - gulu losiyanasiyana la amuna osamukira kumayiko ena - adasonkhana ndikusinthira mphamvu zawo.
Madalaivalawa anali pa sitalaka ya tsiku limodzi, yachiwiri ikulimbana ndi kampani ya ride-hail pofuna kukwezedwa movutikira.
Chifukwa cha ndawala ya chaka chonse ya madalaivala, bungwe la Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) ku New York linalamula mu November kuti madalaivala azikweza ndalama pafupifupi $1,000 pamwezi. Lingaliro la bungweli lidagwirizana, koma Uber idakana kumvera ndipo idasumira TLC mwezi watha. Pambuyo pake, pafupifupi madalaivala chikwi cha Uber adachita sitiraka ya tsiku limodzi pa nkhani yomweyi, kusiya ndalama zogulira zinthu za Khrisimasi, ndipo madalaivala ena adachita zionetsero za kalavani pa Bridge Bridge. Mlandu wa khothi la boma ukuyembekezeka lero, womwe udzatsimikizire ngati apereka ndalamazo pomwe mlandu wa Uber ukupitilira.
Pamsonkhanowo Lachinayi, madalaivala adadzudzula zonena zaubwenzi za Uber, ponena kuti kampaniyo idalonjeza madalaivala "ntchito yabwino, tsogolo labwino." Monga momwe wokamba nkhani wina ananenera kuti Uber amatcha madalaivala kukhala โothandizana nawo,โ dalaivala mnzake anafuula pagululo kuti, โBullshit! Amatitenga ngati akapolo, osati mabwenzi!โ Mwamuna wina pagululo adaseka moyipa kuti kampaniyo inali ngati "mnzake wankhanza."
Ngakhale mliri usanachitike kapena nkhondo ku Ukraine, kuyambira pomwe mapulogalamu a matalala akukwera ngati Uber mumakampani, madalaivala a New York City m'zaka zaposachedwa akumana ndi mavuto azachuma kwambiri kotero kuti ena adzipha. Madalaivala ali ndi mwayi wofa ndi matenda a shuga kusiyana ndi anthu wamba, komanso mavuto okhudzana ndi kupsinjika maganizo monga kuthamanga kwa magazi.
"Tidalimbana kwambiri kuti tikweze izi," adatero woyendetsa Alpha Barry, polankhula ndi gululo. โSitinalipidwepo chifukwa cha ntchito imene timagwira. Timapulumutsa anthu. Munthu akatuluka mโkalabu 2:00 koloko mโmaลตa kozizira ndi kuledzera, timapita naye kunyumba bwinobwino.โ Komabe Uber, adati, "amatitenga ngati zoyipa." Madalaivala enanso anagogomezera kufunika kwa moyo wawo wa ku New York, nthaลตi ina anadodometsa wokamba nkhani ndi kufuula kuti, โNdife ochirikiza moyo wa mzindawo!โ
Monga momwe oyendetsa taxi alili ofunikira ku moyo wa New York, ndiwofunikira kwambiri ku phindu la Uber: palibe pulogalamu kapena gulu la akatswiri azaukadaulo omwe angakutengereni ndikukuyendetsani kunyumba, ndipo monga momwe gulu la capitalist limafunira magalimoto opanda dalaivala, nawonso amafunikira. sizili pafupi ndi kukhazikitsa kwakukulu. Madalaivala adagunda pa mfundo iyi. โNsomba ya kunja kwa madzi ndi nsomba yakufa,โ anatero Barry, mwamuna wooneka wolemekezeka wokhala ndi masharubu, wovala magalasi adzuwa ndi malaya otuwa mowoneka bwino. "Popanda ife, Uber si kanthu. Tidawapanga kukhala momwe alili lero.
Madalaivala a New York City akugwirizana ndi ogwira ntchito padziko lonse lapansi - ku Bangladesh, Tunisia, Greece, France, United Kingdom, ndi mayiko ena ambiri - omwe akhala akufuna kuti malipiro awonjezeke kuti athe kupulumuka kukwera kwa mitengo. monga taonera posachedwapa. Mofanana ndi anthu onse a ku America, madalaivala amayenera kulipira zambiri pogula mkate, mazira, ndi mkaka. Koma madalaivala a Uber akuyeneranso kudzilipirira okha gasi ndi ndalama zina zokhudzana ndi galimoto - izi sizikulipidwa ndi Uber - ndipo izi zakwera kuposa ndalama zina zapakhomo. (Ngakhale mtengo wa gasi ku United States wakhazikika posachedwapa, nthawi zina chaka chatha mtengo wa pampu unkakwera ngati dola galoni pamwamba pa nkhondo ya Ukraine isanayambe, ndipo sunabwererenso ku zomwe zinali. mu 2019.)
Ngakhale Uber ikukana kukweza madalaivala, kampani yapulogalamuyi yakhala ikulipiritsa makasitomala 48 peresenti yochulukirapo poyerekeza ndi 2019.
Madalaivala ambiri adatsindika kudzikuza kwa Uber pokana chigamulo cha TLC. Khalidwe la kampaniyi likugwirizana ndi momwe makampani aukadaulo amawonera malamulo aboma: sakuganiza kuti malamulo ayenera kutsatiridwa kwa iwo. (Sam Bankman-Fried adapusitsa ma Democrat poganiza kuti iye anali wosiyana, koma zikuoneka kuti narcissism yake pankhaniyi inaposa zomwe aliyense akanaganiza.) Kukana kuyang'anira boma kumayendera limodzi ndi tech-bro. kusagwirizana ndi demokalase, khansa yamaganizo yomwe Peter ThielMaloto a authoritarian-libertarian utopia ndi ena mwa zizindikiro zowopsa.
Dalaivala wina, polankhula ndi madalaivala anzake omwe akugunda ku likulu la Uber Lachinayi, adanena kuti ngati Uber satsatira zomwe TLC yakweza madalaivala, madalaivala adzathamangitsa Uber kunja kwa New York City. "Ndinenenso?" Adafunsa mokondwera ndi khamulo. Ndipo adanenanso.
Bhairavi Desai, woyambitsa bungwe la New York Taxi Workers Alliance, adauza madalaivala kuti ndizofunika kwambiri kuti Uber adakakamizika kuvomereza kuti pali magalimoto ochepa komanso oyendetsa galimoto omwe alipo lero kuposa masiku onse. โNdife amphamvu kuposa ndi kale lonse,โ anaimba motero khamulo. Barry adawona kuti anthu omwe adalowa nawo pagulu anali ambiri kuposa omwe adanyanyala komaliza. Mosasamala kanthu za zomwe khotilo lagamula, aliyense anavomera, madalaivalawo apitirizabe kumenyana mpaka atapeza ndalama zoyenerera.
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