Unionize ‘gig’ economy workers?
Q: Should independent contractors, such as Uber drivers, in the “gig economy” be allowed to unionize?
Bob’s Answer: NO
Labor laws have not kept up with the needs of businesses and employees because you are either an employee or not. With “gig” economy workers, what we need is a new category of independent worker due to the imbalance of hours worked from week to week.
This creates real challenges for everything from health care to minimum wages earned – does a driver get paid for waiting? and more but does not require a union.
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