re: Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Striking Today

I don't see where they're arguing for benefits. They can turn the app on/off and work whenever they want. They have a choice to accept or not accept a particular ride (job). That makes them contractors, not employees. An employee would be told what hours they'd be working and wouldn't be able to pick and choose which rides they wanted to accept. Contractors don't get employee benefits.

They also want Uber's commission lowered from 25% to 15%. Uber is covering the marketing portion of finding passengers for their drivers and the driver's insurance costs while they're carrying passengers-for-hire. Some of those drivers should call an insurance agent and get a quote on commercial auto insurance for a taxi cab service and see just how expensive liability insurance is for a passenger-for-hire service.