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Re:Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention... by TX0098812 on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:19PM (#27667446)
> Aren't they contractors?

Question is, according to whom. For example, Uber got hit with a pretty big fine in Italy because in the view of the court, the people working for Uber should be viewed as employees.

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Re:Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention... by 908B64B197 on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:17PM (#27670517)
I wonder how much these causes are for worker's rights vs some politician trying to win a popularity contest by bashing these "evil tech foreign giants".

But I know nothing about pre-Uber Italian taxi regulations.

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