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- mbesto 8y ago> the US federal government will release data showing how many workers rely on non-traditional work arrangements That article just says "we'll find out soon"...
- slededit 8y agoI assumed you wanted analysis connecting the report to Uber. The actual data is publicly available on the BLS website. I'm all for greater contract worker protections. People seem to think this is some value judgement on that issue. there are valid arguments that some aspects aren't accounted for in this report. But the perception I had was that the gig economy was becoming a sizeable portion of the workforce. Were it true we'd expect it to spill over in BLS numbers regardless of their deficiencies. Last month we had no data so that's excusable. But now that we do it should be talked about.