In 2016, the City Council of Austin passed a mandatory ordinance that required all Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) to use the fingerprint background check in their hiring process. Immediately after the ordinance was passed, Uber and Lyft opposed the fingerprint background check and responded by leaving the city of Austin. Several citizens were indifferent towards how Uber and Lyft responded and some were even relieved when the Governor of Texas signed Bill 100, which allowed Uber and Lyft to return and operate in Austin without the use of the fingerprint background check. I believe that in order to demonstrate to Uber and Lyft, and other TNCs that want to follow in their footsteps, we should boycott the services offered by Uber and …show more content…
Uber makes several claims as to why they oppose fingerprinting their drivers, stating “that fingerprint is unfair, onerous, racially tilted and unreliable” (Board, para. 4) Firstly, the arguments made are largely unfounded because of the fact that Uber does in fact submit to the fingerprint requirement in New York City and Houston. In other words, if the city shows profit potential then these TNC’s are willing to “suck it up” and “bear the burden” (Board, para. 4). Another argument that Uber and Lyft make is their fear that fingerprinting is a hassle that will discourage several new potential drivers, but in fact “about half-million have already signed up across the country”, which is no small number at all (Board, para. 5). In an article published on The Washington Post, it states that “on average prospective ridesharing drivers only pay about $40 to be fingerprinted, a process that only takes about 10 minutes” (Board, para 5). Additionally, those small ten minutes that it takes to be fingerprinted could save someone from getting sexually assaulted or hurt in general. However, one of the largest reasons that Uber and Lyft disagree with the fingerprint background check is because it slightly strengthens that argument that Uber and …show more content…
As a student, myself I have also found myself using TNCs’ like Uber, however when the news about female customers being sexually assaulted by their drivers appeared on the news, I immediately uninstalled their app and decided to use the services of other ride-sharing companies that did in fact use the fingerprint background check when hiring their drivers. But passengers aren’t the only ones affected by this controversy, drivers are as well. When Uber left in the spring 2016, immediately there were several alternatives that were created that indeed incorporated the fingerprint background check in their hiring process and that provided the same type of income that was being provided by Uber and Lyft. These alternative options give passengers the freedom to choose, as well as drivers the ability to have a variety of ride-sharing companies for whom to work. By using these alternatives, we can help boost the numbers of these startup companies and decrease the number of clients for Uber and Lyft. Also, the lack of concern that Uber and Lyft had for the thousands of drivers they abandoned should serve to make drivers realize that Uber and Lyft only care about the money a city can produce in their favor. In an article published on The Guardian, an anonymous Austin driver was interviewed about Uber and Lyft leaving and
Anderson et al., the former employees of Tesla Streling Anderson and Chris Urmson attempted to recruit many engineers of Tesla Motors to their new company Aurora. Additionally, they were also alleged for stealing hundreds of gigabytes. Anderson and Urmson’s want to develop a self-driving car and improve its technology. Tesla is claiming that they violated the employment contract and breached a duty of loyalty to Tesla by recruiting Tesla engineers. the parties settled the lawsuit when Tesla agreed to withdraw its suit without damages and Aurora also agreed to pay Tesla $100,000 (Atkins,2017).
In the article “Uber Sends Lobbyists to Help Reshape California Laws” by Alison Vekshin it states that “The San Francisco company's lobbyists are pushing lawmakers to exempt its drivers from obtaining commercial licenses before they can ferry passengers” (1). According to Vekshin “Uber has spent almost $1 million since 2013 on lobbyists in California” (1) in order to push for the legislation they want passed. As well Vekshin states that Uber is “backing legislation that would let the companies charge split fares for shared rides and a bill that would exempt its drivers from having to get commercial license plates” (2). This is a threat to interest groups that support taxicab and limousine companies because it is stealing business from those
These needs could range from racial and gender based discrimination, exhaustive work hours, or unequal pay. Nellie Bowles, a Stockton, CA resident, is one of these workers who has faced unequal pay as an Uber driver. Daily, she drives to San Francisco to work as a driver. In order to earn substantial profit, she’s had to drive more than 14 hours daily and sleep in her
If the employee or worker refused, then the protester did not leave until they got what they ordered, or until they were arrested. Bus boycotts, which originated from Rosa Parks, consisted of the protesters not riding the buses to where they had to go, in exchange for a first-come, first-seated policy, desegregated seating, and black bus drivers. For a long time, this peaceful tactic was not getting any results. The author reports, “Although African Americans represented at least 75 percent of Montgomery’s bus ridership, the city resisted complying with the MIA’s demands”(“Montgomery Bus Boycott”, 2017). In spite of the fact that the majority of the bus riders were blacks, the busing systems systems did not adhere to these demands until later.
"Stop and frisk" should stop because innocent people are getting blamed because of harmful people 's action. In the article " 'Stop and Frisk ' Myth Busters," research shows, "Nine out of ten people
It is reprehensible because it is often accompanied by negative or hostile attitudes and aggressive conduct toward members of the profiled group. (encyclopedia of public health) 3. (Exploring Black and White Accounts of 21st-Century Racial Profiling: Riding and Driving While Black. ) Through the research they find out relatively more black drivers (12.8%) than white (9.8%) and Hispanic (10.4%) drivers were pulled over in traffic." Or, to put it in another way: A black driver is 31% more likely to be pulled over than a white driver, or 23% more likely than a Hispanic driver.
Only Blacks and Latinos are targeted to make sure this policy prevails. The issue that arises with this is the people who are being affected recognize the trend and tension along with more problems ascending. I don’t necessarily agree with the stop and frisk policy because it’s impossible to look at someone and suspect that they are carrying illegal weapons or drugs. In my opinion, it is a form of racing, profiling, especially since Blacks and Latinos are the primary people who seem to get targeted. If every race was targeted just as much as the Black and Latinos I don’t think it would big an issue if the stop and frisk policy was implemented towards everyone.
Racial profiling has become a national issue starting in 2015 (“Racial”). Judging someone for their race has been a problem ever since a minority group has been noticed. Racial profiling has spread over all over the world. Racial profiling has been a problem through the years, if the human race can learn what racial profiling is, advantages of the profiling, and the disadvantages.
Social profiling should not be legalised in America because it will only promote discrimination, protest, and divided
No longer was small-town America able to stay insular, and cities within more isolated regions of the country saw growth. As highways grew, so did the number of people traveling on them. The highway has earned a reputation for danger over the years. Murdered hitchhikers and similar crimes lead to a lack of connection between people or fondness for the open road. Highways were not only an opportunity for growth, they were an opportunity for exploitation.
It is said that every person is innocent until proven guilty, and not the other way around. It is also said that when officials use profiling, it puts off the wrong message that they are blaming entire communities only because few have committed a crime, like Muslims with terror attacks. These actions go against the constitutional rights given to every American. Racial Profiling“... is inconsistent with America 's core constitutional principles of equality and fairness.” (Nomani and Abbas).
The noise and inconvenience of these buses on narrow residential streets have caused inconveniences for citizens. Another negative externality the tech companies are creating is the effect of driving up rental prices within a walking distance of their company city bus stops. Lower-income people should not bear the brunt of the negative externalities of economic
The taxi drivers’ union rejects the arguments of the editorial published in Maclean’s and wishes to point out the weak evidence suggested from the article’s, Enough with the Uber bashing already, following: the editors of Maclean’s claim that Uber eliminates municipal oversight, but provides evidence that is weak because it is only being supported from the Uber company’s oversight rather than a government institution which could impose a fair tax for both businesses, the second claim that background checks for Uber drivers are not the problem and provides weak evidence by diverting the topic then implying that transactions which happen online between consumer and driver keep consumers safe, lastly the criticism of Uber is motivated by turf
The economic reality test verifies that Uber drivers are independent contractors because of the degree of control Uber has over its drivers. Uber exerts very little control over its drivers by allowing
In June 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced a “special registration”. This required all males from Arab and Muslim countries to report to the government to register and be fingerprinted. No other groups of men were required to do this at the time, this shows that racial profiling is high towards the Muslim community. Also our new president, Donald Trump, recently said during an interview with John Dickerson from CBS that profiling muslims is “common sense”. A president should be open to all ethnic groups and not discriminate one.