There's also this bit:

> The idea that Uber drivers are "independent contractors" was always a tissue-thin fiction

The truth is the opposite: the idea that they are employees is a tissue-thin fiction. They supply their own equipment, set their own hours, and can drive for multiple companies. Though some individual states have tried to adopt different rules, they absolutely meet the IRS' federal definition of contractors.

This too makes it hard to take the author seriously.