Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation'

Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by qbasic_forever on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:59PM (#37071788)

The demand for food delivery still exists and plenty of other companies would fill the void, that's how the free market works. Right now these apps are exploiting workers so they can pocket more money for shareholders and paper over a failing business model.

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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by ffhhttt on Thursday August 10, 2023 @01:19AM (#37072261)

However they would have no incentives to hire people who prefer highly flexible work hours and would force his dad to work fixed shifts which clearly not something many gig workers prefer (and I’m sure many of them would prefer higher grade pay for instance than whatever you’re proposing).

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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by kelnos on Thursday August 10, 2023 @02:16AM (#37072561)

Love how you talk about the "free market" here, but also insist that certain types of employment should be illegal. (As an aside: we don't have a free market. Such a thing doesn't actually exist in the real world.)

I don't think we need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Certainly there's some legal regime where workers can continue to enjoy the kind of work time flexibility they have with gig work, while also being compensated and treated fairly.

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