FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig workers
I have yet to see a convincing argument, here on HN or elsewhere, about how these companies are taking advantage of workers.<p>Most of us are old enough to have seen these companies spring into existence, so here are the steps:<p>1) 100% of people are employed or unemployed. Uber (for example) doesn&#x27;t exist<p>2) uber starts existing, some previously unemployed people and some previously employed people start working for uber<p>3) those people that willingly took those jobs are being taken advantage of<p>What is the principal that justifies 3? People are not agents of free will, and any sub-utopic framework they have to participate in is immoral? Even if that&#x27;s the case, I&#x27;d like to see the argument that those people who chose and choose to work at uber have worse outcomes than they otherwise would.