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The individual choices of Uber drivers aren't what I'm concerned about. I'm concerned about the overall normalization of precarious labor that benefits the owne
by beatpanda 11y ago
The individual choices of Uber drivers aren't what I'm concerned about. I'm concerned about the overall normalization of precarious labor that benefits the owners of capital and hurts the people doing the work. It starts to hurt workers everywhere if everyone gets used to accepting all of the risk of employment, not having access to workers comp or unemployment insurance, etc etc. And given the kind of benefits packages tech companies typically offer their workers, Uber's practices are especially hypocritical.
- icebraining 11y agoTaxi drivers were already precarious workers, with no benefits. Uber changed nothing in that regard.