Richard Stallman’s Political Notes – Proposed rule to classify Uber and Lyft drivers as employees

Biden’s Labor Department has proposed an employment rule that would
classify the drivers of Uber and Lyft as employees.

This would be a big step forward for employee’s rights, but it won’t
do anything about the injustice of Uber and Lyft to the passengers:
making them nonfree software (an app) and identify themselves
(enabling surveillance). This should be forbidden.

So I will continue to get into an Uber or Lyft car. I go out of my
way to get a real taxi that I can board anonymously and pay with cash.
Or I take a bus. Or I walk.

In some places, such as New York City, even taxis are part of a
surveillance machine. A cab driver there told me that all NYC taxis
are…

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