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Banning "gig work" seems like a very reasonable and even popular proposal. The economies it enabled are all terrible and it usually does very little to benefit
by constantcrying 2y ago
Banning "gig work" seems like a very reasonable and even popular proposal. The economies it enabled are all terrible and it usually does very little to benefit consumers or workers.
Especially the point about workers assuming the risk of the corporation is not acceptable.
- SR2Z 2y agoOr... we could just designate gig workers as employees when their employers take too many liberties with the job. In Morocco, there's no Uber or Lyft. The apps there have two things in common: 1. They have a wink-wink-nudge-judge character to them - taxi drivers get violent when these apps cut into their earnings. 2. Because of the above, the app is structured like an auction house. When you pay the driver, you do it in cash. The stuff that Uber/Lyft do that makes their drivers not traditional contractors simply doesn't fly when the app itself is kind of illegal. There's no penalty for rejecting rides, there's no irritation when the ride brokers take a >50% fee.
- constantcrying 2y ago>taxi drivers get violent when these apps cut into their earnings. Just maybe, that isn't a good way to do things either.