[gnulinux996]

> only capitulated because

That seems to me an attempt to discredit union movements. Will you be explaining where are you getting this information from?

[korse]

This isn't an attempt to discredit union movements overall. This is a statement that a particular battle waged by a union was only won because corporate interests temporarily align with union goals. I've included my reasoning/narrative below if you're curious.

Uber, and I would assume the competition, have been chasing self driving fleets for years. This is well documented. Despite the market hype some years back, I think most sane executives understood how far off this technology was when the initial investment and subsequent divestment were made.

As you may remember, there were plenty of questions during this tumultuous period regarding the viability of self-driving tech. People wondered if it could even function at all within the foreseeable future.

Since the technology was so questionable, rideshares understandably wanted to increase earnings and lock in their competitive advantage. This required, among other things, fighting unionization tooth and nail.

Now that Waymo has done the hard part and proven that self driving tech actually works as a day-to-day service rideshares can start to rebuild some social capital before the creeping tide of automated taxi services makes any concessions moot. After all, they didn't build the automation and have always believed in a system that puts fairly compensated human drivers first.