Or it could be about protecting employee rights against exploitative corporations who flout the law for profit.
Edit: and society for that matter. See Al Capone, a murderer, being finally arrested for tax evasion as an example.
Edit: and society for that matter. See Al Capone, a murderer, being finally arrested for tax evasion as an example.
Or its fundamentally correct under the law and Uber has misclassified its drivers as independent contracts whereas they should properly be classified as employees.
After all Uber did disclose this was significant risk in their S-1, and further that such a reclassification could be an existential threat to the business.
It sounds conspiratorial, but now that they have gone public (and investors have cashed out and dumped the bag) the money that was roadblocking these moves by government (note the article makes it clear NJ has been pursuing these taxes for 4 years) has dried up and governments will begin to act. Its no surprise to anyone in the know, just follow the money (in this case the shorts)
The "sharing economy" is a scam of epic proportions.