Uber got involved in constantly ignoring state laws and became accustomed to the practice and used its largesse to change the laws it was breaking. Failing that, the company simply paid slap-on-the-wrist fines and continued as normal and didn’t comply with laws designed to regulate it.
That Uber regularly broke laws to cement its frontrunner status is not a controversial statement, it’s a fact. The state of Pennsylvania, for example, charged $11.4 million fine on Uber for operating in the state without permission. According to emails obtained by Vicenews showed that Uber then deputized the mayor of Pittsburgh, where it was seeking to start a driverless car program, to lobby the state to reduce its fine.
Uber Deploys Corporate Power to Overwhelm and Undermine Local Government” researcher Rick Claypool said to Vice. Documents show Uber overran or ignored regulations in nine cities around the country and later changed things around with the power of influential people.
Independent contractors, who do not have the right to collectively bargain, are allowed to classify themselves as incorporated entities such as limited liability corporations. If the drivers set the price, then they would be determined to form a committee and form a trade union.
