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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by ffhhttt on Thursday August 10, 2023 @01:41AM (#37072382)
Why so you think working for uber is fundamentally worse than being a part time low wage worker with almost no flexibility anywhere else?
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by matsemann on Thursday August 10, 2023 @03:20AM (#37073033)
That's my point. You accept one bad thing because other things are also bad. Should instead solve both.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by ffhhttt on Thursday August 10, 2023 @10:58AM (#37076995)
Right. But turning two things which are bad in different ways into one doesn’t seem to accomplish much besides limit whatever choice is left.
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