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ccffpphh | 5 years ago

What were these people doing before Uber and Lyft came around?

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runarberg|5 years ago

Taking similar gig in other industries, such as gardening, constructions, telemarketing and support, pet care, beauty industry, etc.

The gig economy did not start with Uber or AirBnB.

apta|5 years ago

Except now with AB5, those populations are at risk too.

fizzled|5 years ago

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chasd00|5 years ago

"Laws like this exist to protect the weakest from exploitation."

maybe that was the intent but, in reality, you just destroyed your poorest citizen by taking what little they did have away. I get it, passing a law was the easiest thing for you to do because it shifts all responsibility but don't think too high of yourself.

twblalock|5 years ago

Giving someone a job they want is not exploitation. If gig workers wanted to be unemployed they could easily do that instead, but they chose to look for a job, someone offered them a job, and they took it. Why should the state interfere in that arrangement and take that job away?