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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

gig workers are being unfairly terminated, or "deactivated," as the companies call it.

I, for one, loathe our new techbro overlords.

[–] lasagna 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Workers being exploited is nothing new though. Same overlords, different labels.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But usually there are some laws protecting them, they didn't have any.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

THESE DAYS there are some laws protecting most workers. Those laws were written in the blood of striking miners.