Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from...
by thegrimmest on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @09:44PM
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Why do the power dynamics have to be the same? Are you suggesting that two parties cannot have a consensual relationship unless they have the same amount of power? Why not?
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from...
by eru on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:31PM
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And how do you even measure 'power'?
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from...
by TheCleric on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:52PM
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Because it will be inevitable that someone with less power will enter into the relationship out of compulsion due to (real or perceived) no other choice, and not because they want to.
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from...
by themitigating on Thursday August 10, 2023 @01:37AM
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The McDonald's CEO is gone because of a consensual relationship where the power dynamics were unbalanced
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from...
by yieldcrv on Thursday August 10, 2023 @03:48AM
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in employment, yes, I am suggesting that, and that the basis behind at-will employment is flawed, there are plenty of ways to allow for the paid-person to exit a contract whenever they want without it meaning the company fires them whenever they want for any reason.
in other contexts, no, I am not suggesting that, but there are some fringes that try
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from...
by thegrimmest on Thursday August 10, 2023 @09:17AM
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Why is employment special? Why is a person more entitled to employment than any other sort of relationship (which you seem to agree ought to be consensual)?
and then let the exception make the rule, since it never will be the same