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#gigeconomy

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Basing people's social security and retirement funds on how much they can cajole some fascist corporation into paying them during their working life is not a just or a sustainable plan.

We need a return to defined benefit retirement and/or UBI for every person earning less than $100k a year.

“The gig economy is zero rights and zero protection,” says Shaf Hussain, a food delivery courier in London.

Link: resilience.org/stories/2025-06

It's unlikely to be a surprise that the introduction of dynamic pricing by Uber advantaged the firm, not the drivers, pushing up their share of the fare, in some cases to around 50%.... while, of course, making the earnings from driving an Uber more unpredictable & precarious for drivers.

The gig economy is a system that is built on a callous disregard for workers' rights & conditions of work, and contributes to the insecurity of workers' lives & families.

#GigEconomy

theguardian.com/technology/202

The Guardian · Rough ride: how Uber quietly took more of your fare with its algorithm changeBy Simon Goodley