Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize

Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize by jdmichal on Friday April 01, 2022 @10:34PM (#30885416)

If this is any indication, the US is certainly not winning that race:

https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/Micr...

I'm looking for a better source still, so if you find one please post it here.

EDIT: I found this. Numbers are a bit old (2007), but it shows self-employment rate per capita on page 4, which is exactly the metric we're interested in discussing.

https://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/small-business-2...

So, based on those two sources, your assertion seems straight up incorrect.

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Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize by knubie on Friday April 01, 2022 @10:58PM (#30885512)

I'm not sure where that first link is getting its numbers, or why they're so outdated, but the US Small Business Association puts the number of small businesses in the US at around 31.7 million [0], or just over 100 per 1,000 people, which would top that list (excluding Indonesia, which, BTW why is it so high?)

[0] https://cdn.advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0512...

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Re:Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize by jotm on Friday April 01, 2022 @11:43PM (#30885690)

Do companies count as self-employed, though?

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