Comment on Uber drops fares for SF Taxi strikeparentComments−mcantelon15yThey're cynically acting as vultures, taking taxi business and eroding the leverage the taxi drivers get by striking. They know what they're doing. Hopefully it backfires on them.−chrischen15yHow exactly is this discount eroding leverage?−mcantelon15yStrikes create leverage by withholding a service. A discount that put their service on par with taxis in effect provides replacement taxi service.−chrischen15ySo what the taxi companies no longer have a pressure to restore their service? It does not compute...−mcantelon15y"How exactly is this discount eroding leverage?" ... "the taxi companies no longer have a pressure to restore their service".The pressure to restore the service would also get directed towards those they're bargaining with. That's part of how strikes work.
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They're cynically acting as vultures, taking taxi business and eroding the leverage the taxi drivers get by striking. They know what they're doing. Hopefully it backfires on them.
How exactly is this discount eroding leverage?
Strikes create leverage by withholding a service. A discount that put their service on par with taxis in effect provides replacement taxi service.
So what the taxi companies no longer have a pressure to restore their service? It does not compute...
"How exactly is this discount eroding leverage?" ... "the taxi companies no longer have a pressure to restore their service".
The pressure to restore the service would also get directed towards those they're bargaining with. That's part of how strikes work.