A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would amend U.S. labor law to establish a new classification for gig workers, denying them the right...
Either they pass the law or SCOTUS guts existing labor rights.
Either way, calling employees "private contractors" has been an end run around labor law for decades. This is explicitly about protecting a handful of new wave tech firms. It might as well be called the "Uber Amnesty Act"
I don't disagree with you at all, was thinkin that these company's like lift uber and such are gonna evaporate into the air with increased intreat hikes as they haven't made money pretty much ever.
If they pass this it will only make the labor movment even stronger.
Either they pass the law or SCOTUS guts existing labor rights.
Either way, calling employees "private contractors" has been an end run around labor law for decades. This is explicitly about protecting a handful of new wave tech firms. It might as well be called the "Uber Amnesty Act"
I don't disagree with you at all, was thinkin that these company's like lift uber and such are gonna evaporate into the air with increased intreat hikes as they haven't made money pretty much ever.
A ton of the expense side of Uber's balance sheet has simply been recruitment.
That's why the end game for these firms has to be some kind of oligopoly to function.