The ‘Pro-Worker’ Portable Benefits Scam – American Prospect

“Big Tech app companies want to evade employment law, and they’re hoping Republicans will help.”

“Fundamentally, rideshare and delivery app companies classify their workforce as independent contractors rather than employees because it allows them to deny them federal protections such as a minimum wage, overtime pay, health care benefits, Social Security, unemployment insurance, paid sick days, family leave, as well as the right to unionize. Indeed, the only real innovation that the gig economy brings is a way to circumvent 100 years of labor law. The practices are spreading to other sectors like retail and even health services, which have been turning to gig-ified app-based employment.”

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Amazon Unionization Movement Spreads to North Carolina – Progressive Magazine

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