“Uber is a bezzle,” says Cory Doctorow.
A “bezzle,” he explains, is “the magic interval when a confidence trickster knows he has the money he has appropriated but the victim does not yet understand that he has lost it.”
“Every bezzle ends,” Doctorow points out. “Uber’s time is up.”
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While the Public Service Alliance of Canada reports that it has reached a tentative agreement with Canada’s Treasury Board negotiators, phone reports from Sarnia and Windsor indicate that trucks trying to enter Canada remain lined up for several kilometers on the American side of the border.
Whether this situation will be alleviated today as a result of the tentative agreement being reached, remains to be seen.
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“Ask every question in your manual at ports of entry,” agents have been directed by PSAC in a memo.
“This is our opportunity to cause significant disruptions to CBSA (Canada Border Service Agency) operations and force the government to come back to the table to address the toxic workplace culture at CBSA and provide parity with other law enforcement personnel across Canada,” reads an unusually frank communication to CSBA members posted to the PSAC website August 4th.
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The province’s eventual goals are to “propose labour and employment law reforms” and to “advance our world-class employment and training programs.” Without saying it in so many words, the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee appears to have been created to address the idea that workers in the gig economy should expect a different level of protection under the province’s labour laws than has been traditional.
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Reading coverage of the Transplace purchase and other recent Uber-themed articles in logistics media, you could almost get the impression that Uber is a profitable, efficient company generously looking to share its success with outdated trucking and logistics industries that have somehow struggled along without its help for a century.
In fact, none of the cold, hard data supports this idea.
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The Lead Pedal Podcast Professionals of the Highway Charity Tour stopped in Belleville on July 16th, with host Bruce Outridge on hand to interview truck drivers, business owners and visitors to the site of sponsor Chrome Supply Warehouse.
“We are talking to drivers and people in the industry about their careers, with a special focus on the charities that to which many people in the industry give their time,” says Outridge, a musician and 25 year veteran truck driver himself. “Trucking does so much for our communities, yet so few know what we do. Lead Pedal is proud to take this opportunity to tell their stories.”
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What does a man who drives for money all week do for fun on the weekend?
He drives for free, of course!
“I enjoy it!” says Iqbal Alimohd, a Calgary Checker Cab driver for over 40 years. “The Seniors, they are so friendly and appreciative. It is easy to be around them.”
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Details of the Ontario government’s new vision waiver program are now available online.
A new regulation under the Highway Traffic Act for commercial drivers who have reduced vision will allow commercial drivers to demonstrate their ability to compensate for their vision loss and if successful, maintain their mobility and livelihood. Regulation 340/94 will allow for the implementation of a commercial vision waiver program which would establish an individualized assessment program for Class A, C, D and F drivers. This program
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