Taxi Drivers Unite
Ride booking companies are willing to fork out 1.5 Milllion hours of minimum wage value each to stop their drivers (who go where they're told and don't get to set the price) being called employees, hours that the drivers would only earn while the meter was running, hours that are generally charged at a significant multiplier of $20.
I think it's time for some market disruption by the drivers, they should stump up a little cash each and commission a generic ride booking app that has a simple flat monthly (tax deductable) subscription charge.
All the interweb derived benefits and drivers can be self employed or part of a company as they see fit, just like taxi drivers always have been.