Tip Talk
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The New York City Taxi and Limousine commission announced a proposal that would require ride-hailing services such as Uber to include a space in the app for riders to leave a tip for the driver. The proposal was the work of the Independent Drivers Guild, an organization representing drivers from Uber and other ride-hailing vendors. The drivers want what coffee shop baristas and drivers for other services such as Lyft already have: an easy way for credit card customers to leave a tip.
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The New York City Taxi and Limousine commission announced a proposal that would require ride-hailing services such as Uber to include a space in the app for riders to leave a tip for the driver. The proposal was the work of the Independent Drivers Guild, an organization representing drivers from Uber and other ride-hailing vendors. The drivers want what coffee shop baristas and drivers for other services such as Lyft already have: an easy way for credit card customers to leave a tip.
Uber drivers haven't been faring so well recently. The Uber website says as a driver you can "earn as much as you want," but that's not what the drivers say. Some recent studies show the net income for an Uber driver at around US $11 per hour – not even a living wage in many cities. Like Walmart, McDonald's, and other infamous big corporations with low wages, Uber is quite content to accept the labor of full-time employees without giving them enough back to buy food and pay their bills. The New York City Uber drivers make a little more (more like $20 per hour), but then, they have to pay for New York housing, which is around the most expensive in the US.
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