> "if they wanted the job they had to accept being a contractor" Then it's not a job, it's a contractor/freelance position. The choice if you don't want to be

> "if they wanted the job they had to accept being a contractor" Then it's not a job, it's a contractor/freelance position. The choice if you don't want to be a freelancer driver for Uber is to not take that position. There are still millions of professional full-time drivers for trucks/shuttles/buses/taxis/medical/etc and those jobs have existed for decades. Ride-sharing only added more choices to the market. If you want to help people at the bottom, taking away choice is the opposite of what you should do. Create more jobs instead.