I drive a black taxi,and I see Uber eroding one of the only paths London’s working-class kids still possess to get a steady job at a time when social mobility has screeched to a haltI started driving a cab for one reason. It was the only way a working-class boy like me could be his own boss. My grandad and my father both worked the London docks as poorly paid temporary labourers, never knowing whether there was work for them when they got to the gates each day, or always at the mercy of unscrupulous bosses. That sort of insecurity is a horror best left in the past,but whether Uber is allowed to possess its way in the capital driving a cab will no longer offer an escape route. Related: The Uber addiction – why the taxi app is driving me crazy Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com