Hold on a second. People are essentially suggesting "strip the regulations, let companies fire people at will". How precisely are short-term contracts worse tha

Hold on a second. People are essentially suggesting "strip the regulations, let companies fire people at will". How precisely are short-term contracts worse than at-will employment where you can be fired at a moment's notice? You need to constantly have one eye on the job market either way, or risk losing your income security. At least short-term contracts don't create an information asymmetry - you need to find a new job at the end of the contract, not whenever your boss decides, for reasons unknown to you, that they don't need you any more. If workers want security in employment, they're going to have to create it themselves - through worker-owned companies.