Re:Gig workers are organising in tech-savvy ways
by klyrs on Thursday May 07, 2020 @07:06PM
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I'd like to see some evidence on that because your claim seems baseless.
Look at actors, screenwriters, and musicians. These fine folk have been gig workers since before the term "gig workers" was coined. They belong to guilds, not unions, but the difference is semantic. There's no monopoly, and the industry is ticking along just fine.
There are tons of unions you've probably never heard of. TAs at your local university -- is your local university a monopoly? No. Costco isn't falling apart -- is it a monopoly? No, they compete with walmart, amazon, etc and show no signs of slowing down. Boeing -- awkward; bad management, not the union, is to blame for that downfall. Longshoremen -- no monopoly there, and no signs of business drying up. I could keep listing examples, but do you have data or just a hunch?
Look at actors, screenwriters, and musicians. These fine folk have been gig workers since before the term "gig workers" was coined. They belong to guilds, not unions, but the difference is semantic. There's no monopoly, and the industry is ticking along just fine.
There are tons of unions you've probably never heard of. TAs at your local university -- is your local university a monopoly? No. Costco isn't falling apart -- is it a monopoly? No, they compete with walmart, amazon, etc and show no signs of slowing down. Boeing -- awkward; bad management, not the union, is to blame for that downfall. Longshoremen -- no monopoly there, and no signs of business drying up. I could keep listing examples, but do you have data or just a hunch?