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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by asu_thomas on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:17PM (#37071513)
Historically, labor organizing and honestly communists were behind any kind of labor law like this. Good luck.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:18PM (#37071523)
Labor organizing and honestly communists are seeing a bit of an upswing recently.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by asu_thomas on Thursday August 10, 2023 @01:08AM (#37072198)
Yes, and it's going to take a whole lot more.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by ffhhttt on Thursday August 10, 2023 @01:45AM (#37072403)
Not throughout much of Europe. Not directly anyway, since reforms were often enacted by liberal/conservative parties because they were widely popular.
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