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Big tech threw $200m at a ballot measure to hurt gig economy workers. And they won | Ross Barkan

Big tech threw $200m at a ballot measure to hurt gig economy workers. And they won | Ross Barkan

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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.

Big tech threw $200m at a ballot measure to hurt gig economy workers. And they won | Ross Barkan

Nov 14, 2020, 10:17am UTC
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.