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submitted 3 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/canada@lemmy.ca

UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.

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[-] NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 days ago

Awesome! I really hope that Uber doesn't close down all their operations like how Amazon did in Quebec.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago

I mean, the capital is all there. If Uber doesn't hire these people someone else will, or they can start their own operation as a workers' co-op.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Like a .. taxi company or something.

[-] Part4@infosec.pub 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Uber thought they were going to 1. undercut taxi drivers pay, then 2. be in prime position to get rid of drivers when one of their mates in silicon valley solved driverless cars.

That didn't happen so they are forced to be a taxi company dealing with unionised staff and local regulations and shite. Long may they have the real world to deal with, mired in anti-tech administration of human beings while their mates have moved on to undercutting white collar office workers en-masse with large language models as unsuited to the task as their crap self driving cars were unsuited to getting rid of drivers.

this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2025
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