"workers and employers started voluntarily opting out" Erm, many workers drive for Uber because they lost their jobs, don't have other choices or are between j

"workers and employers started voluntarily opting out" Erm, many workers drive for Uber because they lost their jobs, don't have other choices or are between jobs etc. Many of these people are NOT opting out of full time jobs, they would take a full time job with benefits if it were offered to them. Employers opt out of regulation whenever they can (see: the environment). The claim that employers opting out of regulation undercuts the original premise is completely false. They are doing so to cut costs which is entirely to the benefit of their shareholders who are a much smaller slice of society than workers. In summary: Workers aren't necessarily entering the gig economy voluntarily and employers opting out of regulation doesn't threaten the original premise.