Decimation of plans for green public transportation growth, and the proliferation of a business model that flourishes only without labor protections. These are not some vague ambiguous historical forces that made this possible. These are specific people!
And no, contrary to Hyman’s argument that UberLyft is possible b/c “the rest of the economy has failed the American worker” — UberLyft is possible specifically b/c state actors & regulators have failed workers in the US—allowing the de-professionalization of a sector, the…
If regulators and journalists had listened to the expertise of workers instead of the fluff and false promises of corporate execs and their PR lackeys, we wouldn’t have to look back at the last ten years and wonder how gig became a dirty word. https://t.co/exDmfamxzH
If work for companies like Uber and Lyft once carried some appeal for offering flexibility, the kind of labor it has come to represent is now used by some as shorthand for a raw deal.