JWcph, Radicalized By Decency on nostr

@JWcph, Radicalized By Decency 1783761879

It's really extremely simple: Does the business need you to allocate time to work in a manner that procludes you from doing something else - say, by being available to Uber, or waiting outside a take-out with a "Just Eat" thermo backpack & a uniform jacket that that reads "Partner"?

If the answer is "Yes", the business must pay you properly for that time, because it is taken away from YOU to keep THEIR lights on.

#uspol #business #tech #GigEconomy

Cory Doctorow @Cory Doctorow · 3w

Here's an irony: the "gig economy" is a statistical black hole. Workers, customers and regulators know very little about the most basic aspects of it: how much workers get paid, for example, or much unpaid time on the clock a worker puts in before they get a job from the app. -- Show more