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Re:Google contractors in Pittsburgh vote to unionize by scottostler on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:05PM (#21065617)
Yes of course, but companies will prefer to work with middlemen rather than directly employing individual contractors because it makes legal and accounting easier. There’s often a lot of hurdles to employ an individual directly, like requiring the contractor to have a million dollar insurance policy say

Seems like a lot of money for that, but companies are willing to pay it

Re:Google contractors in Pittsburgh vote to unionize by davinic on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:00PM (#21074068)
I'm a corp to corp subcontractor and aside from getting nearly half of my rate taken, I keep and pay for my own liability and e&o insurance.