Thanks to a savvy, progressive coalition, Austinites will no longer have to work through heart attacks, flus and stomach bugs.
https://www.thenation.com/article/au...-to-the-south/
In a hole red/slave state dedicated to ing over citizens to enrich BigCorp, a blue city makes progress for its citizens
Austin has mandated paid sick leave for workers, but Texas lawmakers are already working to reverse it
State lawmakers are already saying they will overturn an Austin ordinance passed Friday that requires paid sick leave for private employees.
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02...leave-mandate/
hole assholes are BIGGER in Texas
Well, I can't say that I like Austin's lack of Uber. And I like having plastic bags when I go to Walmart and supermarket and not paying for them.
Uber's been back for months.
Plastic bags? Meh. Just keep the ones you pick up in Round Rock in the car.
Uber/Lyft came back to Austin Memorial Day 2017.
I drive RideAustin and Fasten in Austin for beer money and grins, while refusing to driver U/L in San Antonio. But since U/L came back, I'm beginning to think driving in Austin is really not worth it anymore.
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I took 5 trips with Lyft going to/in/from SFO in Jan 18.
Lyft took 40% to 45% for itself from all my fares which were a max of $10. The avg rideshare fare is $10 or less.
When I compared my fare, saying I was also a driver, to each Lyft driver's payout, they were each incredulous.
One lady in SFO refused to believe how much Lyft was taking and would contact Lyft for a correction.
btw, Uber lost $4.5B in 2017, Lyft lost many $100Ms, again.
Uber new Pres says Uber could become profitable if it wanted to.
Last edited by boutons_deux; 02-18-2018 at 12:30 PM.
Uber and Lyft will make money as soon as they get rid of those pesky human drivers.
Damn I figured you were one of the Mueller 13 posters.
Current drivers own and bring the $Bs in (rolling) capital, the driving risks, the operating expenses.
When drivers and their cars are replaced by fully autonomous vehicles, who buys/invests, owns, maintains the cars?
Uber has the same market capitalization as GM right now, without any cars and without even going public. It's a fair bet they are spending a couple dollars on the issues you listed. I wouldn't doubt that individuals put up their personal automated cars for hire; that may be part of the plan or at least some other company's.
that's great but austin blows!
Uber will need $Bs more in capital in run their invest/maintain their own fleet.
I expect "uber cars" will have proprietary, Uber-specific restrictive firmware
btw, my son tried GetAround in SFO. Wasn't worth it, unless you wanted to lend your luxury car or Tesla to a stranger, and lose money as somebody else ran down your resale value with added mileage.
Sure, but considering companies like the Avis Budget Group and their fleets, it's nowhere near impossible to scale that up without those pesky humans standing at counters to hand out keys.
Perfect example why there should be restrictions on who can drive ride share vehicles.Uber/Lyft came back to Austin Memorial Day 2017.
I drive RideAustin and Fasten in Austin for beer money and grins, while refusing to driver U/L in San Antonio. But since U/L came back, I'm beginning to think driving in Austin is really not worth it anymore.
I took 5 trips with Lyft going to/in/from SFO in Jan 18.
Lyft took 40% to 45% for itself from all my fares which were a max of $10. The avg rideshare fare is $10 or less.
When I compared my fare, saying I was also a driver, to each Lyft driver's payout, they were each incredulous.
One lady in SFO refused to believe how much Lyft was taking and would contact Lyft for a correction.
btw, Uber lost $4.5B in 2017, Lyft lost many $100Ms, again. Uber new Pres says Uber could become profitable if it wanted to.
Can you imagine being in the backseat with Boutons driving?
Thats just scary as .
no.
The autonomous cars will park themselves while waiting for a trip request, just like drivers do now.
The autonomous car app will send a request, a car accepts and drives itself to the pickup point.
No keys, no humans at desks involved.
That would have been the as a 14 year old. Go get the skank from a couple of blocks over, order an Uber to mall and plow her in the back seat on the way with no driver there to watch.
But... Can it be used to mow down a group of NYTimes reporters on the way to lunch?
(just asking per Hater's request to step up the hatN)
Last edited by pgardn; 02-17-2018 at 07:56 PM.
only problem was, when I was 14 I could pass for around 10 and didn't even start puberty until the August of the the year I turned 14 in the spring.
agreed, the whole "green bags" crap... plastic bags should be free. And they're so useful in the house, the fact that they're disposable makes them awesome for re-use
Reported to the FBI
As for the OP, employers will just reduce paid vacation days in lieu of sick days. It will be transparent to most businesses, if it's not overturned.
Q: What about a company that already provides 15 days of paid time off, or PTO, that can be used for vacation or sick leave?
A: That business would be in compliance with the new ordinance. The city measure views paid sick leave and PTO as the same thing.
Paper bags are recyclable, more durable, and keep your groceries from tumbling around better than plastic bags. Yet some republicans want to act like taking plastic bags away leaves us just one step away from absolutely tyranny. It's unbelievable.
You think paper bags are more durable? I don't know about that. I can't use paper bags to line my bathroom trash cans or in a pinch if ds' lunch bag can't be found or to throw away oil/leftovers or as a rain hat or the myriad of uses around the house - not to mention taking up less space. Look you do what you guys want. I'm happy here in FL where I can get plastic bags galore for free.
They will fumble it away.
Too local, it's gotta be DEEP to be competent.
And why is the FBI director not fired. The head of DEEP.
-Purtacular
Republicans in the state legislature are already lining up to tell cities like Austin that they can't do this either. Local control is great until you do something politically incorrect, then it is horrible, right?
Does the state of Texas have a say in this? Should we let people from Dallas tell us how to run our city?
-slapped CosmicParasite just Can't Quit The Great Boutons
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