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Uber drivers' experience highlights the dead-end job prospects facing more Australian workers

  • Written by Peter "PJ" Holtum, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Being an Uber driver doesn’t seem like a great job. Conditions aren’t great and the rate of pay, already typically less than the minimum wage, is declining.

So why do Uber drivers keep driving?

Read more: Uber drivers strike: Organizing labour in the gig economy

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