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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 31, 2016 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | James O'Brien's Attack On Uber Is Devastating |
James O'Brien's Attack On Uber Is Devastating This is James O'Brien's coruscating attack on the working practices employed by Uber. The minicab app firm last week lost a court case brought by drivers, which means they must now be classed as employees, not freelance. Speaking on LBC, James said he was becoming increasingly frustrated at the way Britons' employment rights have been eroded. And he said Uber were the worst of the lot. He said: "There's a mood in Britain that we don't deserve protections, we don't deserve rights. It's never about what we should have, it's always about what other people shouldn't have. Have you noticed this? "People saying 'I don't have a very good pension, I'm in the private sector so why the hell should public sector people have decent pensions?' Well because two wrongs don't make a right and just because you've been slapped around the chops by the powers that be doesn't mean you should be agitating for other people to get a kick in the proverbials. "But we do, every day. We hear it everywhere you turn. "'Ah, they're going on strike, they're swinging the lead, they're taking the mick, they don't know what day it is, they've got no experience of the real world. They want the minimum wage? We can't afford the minimum wage. We can't afford a national living wage. Maternity leave? Don't be ridiculous.' "And we swallow it, day after day after day after day, we swallow it, we suck it up. "Uber to me is the apotheosis of this process. "The idea that a company can come along - it's got George Osborne in its back pocket, proverbially speaking, it's got a key ally, the wife of one of David Cameron's key advisors is running their PR. "They've got millions of pounds from a son of Murdoch invested in the original set-up. You couldn't make it up. It's like the Frankenstein's monster of everything that's wrong with modern capitalism." source: http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/j ... vastating/ |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James O'Brien's Attack On Uber Is Devastating |
MEEEEOWWWWWW !! I think he's just become Trotskys best mate ![]() Unfortunately we live in a free market economy so generosity comes at a price............................................... FAILURE ! |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James O'Brien's Attack On Uber Is Devastating |
edders23 wrote: Unfortunately we live in a free market economy so generosity comes at a price............................................... FAILURE ! Not sure the Employment Court agree with your viewpoint. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Mon Oct 31, 2016 8:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James O'Brien's Attack On Uber Is Devastating |
Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: Unfortunately we live in a free market economy so generosity comes at a price............................................... FAILURE ! Not sure the Employment Court agree with your viewpoint. I was referring to the bulk of the diatribe not the single comment about uber thrown in
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| Author: | trotskys twin [ Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James O'Brien's Attack On Uber Is Devastating |
captain cab wrote: James O'Brien's Attack On Uber Is Devastating This is James O'Brien's coruscating attack on the working practices employed by Uber. The minicab app firm last week lost a court case brought by drivers, which means they must now be classed as employees, not freelance. Speaking on LBC, James said he was becoming increasingly frustrated at the way Britons' employment rights have been eroded. And he said Uber were the worst of the lot. He said: "There's a mood in Britain that we don't deserve protections, we don't deserve rights. It's never about what we should have, it's always about what other people shouldn't have. Have you noticed this? "People saying 'I don't have a very good pension, I'm in the private sector so why the hell should public sector people have decent pensions?' Well because two wrongs don't make a right and just because you've been slapped around the chops by the powers that be doesn't mean you should be agitating for other people to get a kick in the proverbials. "But we do, every day. We hear it everywhere you turn. "'Ah, they're going on strike, they're swinging the lead, they're taking the mick, they don't know what day it is, they've got no experience of the real world. They want the minimum wage? We can't afford the minimum wage. We can't afford a national living wage. Maternity leave? Don't be ridiculous.' "And we swallow it, day after day after day after day, we swallow it, we suck it up. "Uber to me is the apotheosis of this process. "The idea that a company can come along - it's got George Osborne in its back pocket, proverbially speaking, it's got a key ally, the wife of one of David Cameron's key advisors is running their PR. "They've got millions of pounds from a son of Murdoch invested in the original set-up. You couldn't make it up. It's like the Frankenstein's monster of everything that's wrong with modern capitalism." source: http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/j ... vastating/ funnily enough i think he has done not a bad job in describing the mind set of your typical brain dead CAB Driver as continuously demonstrated by Edders Correction the Drivers were described as WORKERS lets repeat that WORKERS not effing employees ffs read it edders your business methology might well be kanckerd due to this EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL DECISION the best advice to prevent YOU being wiped would come from guess who?????????????????????????????????/the GMB you would only have to sign a recognition agreement to leave your opposition standing bet that never crossed your mind
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