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US is reverting to early 20th century labor market norms, thanks to 'gig' economy and megacorps subverting unions. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/22/tech/amazon-nlrb-union-el... Only thing missing is union-busting Pinkerton thugs... https://www.npr.org/2020/11/30/940196997/amazon-reportedly-h...

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As a gig worker I hope it stays, gig work has been a massive quality of life improvement for me. I think if the unions want to compete with us that's fine but the state shouldn't get to pick the winner.

I would love to hear more from you about this. It’s different from my intuition even though I too work for myself.

The state is there to look after its people (in theory). If gig work doesn't provide livable wages and drives down wages or job availability for people looking for livable wages then it shouldn't be allowed

Not everyone has the luxury of meaningfully different choices. For many, the main task is finding the least bad out of a lot of bad options.

> As a gig worker I hope it stays, gig work has been a massive quality of life improvement for me. I think if the unions want to compete with us that's fine but the state shouldn't get to pick the winner.

The fact that you registered a brand new account to post what might be interpreted as a blatant pro-exploitation message doesn't help your argument.

Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26039449 and don't do this here.

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