I think the big, giant, amoral, corporation that’s misclassifying employees as contractors is more to blame, but yeah, that would be the icing on the dystopia cake.
Agreed, but historically that conversation ends in something like, “But that would limit their freedom to negotiate their contract!” which is disingenuous because dashers aren’t negotiating rates with doordash. They’d have to be organized to do that. Reelection requires funding and large companies contribute a lot more to campaign funds than individuals. That’s one of the reasons unions are so important. As you can imagine, the instant unions form on a large scale, lawmakers start dusting off antitrust laws at the behest of their funders.
I think the big, giant, amoral, corporation that’s misclassifying employees as contractors is more to blame, but yeah, that would be the icing on the dystopia cake.
I’d say that’s also on lawmakers, because contractors should also be subject to worker protections in the same way as “standard issue” workers are.
Agreed, but historically that conversation ends in something like, “But that would limit their freedom to negotiate their contract!” which is disingenuous because dashers aren’t negotiating rates with doordash. They’d have to be organized to do that. Reelection requires funding and large companies contribute a lot more to campaign funds than individuals. That’s one of the reasons unions are so important. As you can imagine, the instant unions form on a large scale, lawmakers start dusting off antitrust laws at the behest of their funders.