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From rssfeeds@jmason.org Fri Oct 4 11:02:03 2002
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From: boingboing <rssfeeds@spamassassin.taint.org>
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Subject: Why is it so hard to get a cab in San Francisco?
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Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:00:24 -0000
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URL: http://boingboing.net/#85519806
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Date: Not supplied
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A San Francisco cabbie -- generally a well-educated and firm-opinion-holding
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class of person -- has an essay about a subject near and dear to my
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(non-car-owning) heart: Why is it so damned hard to get a cab in San Francisco?
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In fact, no cab company ever tells a driver to pick up anyone. When you
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phone a cab firm in San Francisco, your call is treated not as an order,
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not as a binding oral contract, but simply as a request...
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So, why don't cab companies ensure that we pick you up on time-or at all?
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In a nutshell, labor law states that if a cab company actually commands a
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driver to carry out a specific action, that constitutes an
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employer-employee relationship. But if a company farms its work out to
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independent contractors, it can rid itself of costly expenses such as
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disability and social security taxes. It also means that the contractor
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drivers can't unionize.
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Link[1] Discuss[2] (_via CamWorld[3]_)
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[1] http://www.bradnewsham.com/articles/why_so_hard.shtml
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[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/eXFeCJHgnP4
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[3] http://www.bradnewsham.com/articles/why_so_hard.shtml
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