Big tech threw $200m at a ballot measure to hurt gig economy workers. And they won | Ross Barkan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/13/big-tech-california-gig-workers-labor-rights
Having won in California, they will seek devastating victories elsewhere
One of the darker outcomes of 21st-century work life has been the predatory gig economy. Divorced from healthcare benefits and regular pay, millions of workers are told they are supposed to be lucky to drive passengers around in a car for ever-diminishing returns.