&gt;One way to do this for the &quot;gig economy&quot; is to provide benefits through a union.<p>Uber <i>hates</i> unions: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;venturebeat.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;05&#x2F;20&#x2F;uber-claims-new-app-based-drivers-union-is-bogus&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;venturebeat.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;05&#x2F;20&#x2F;uber-claims-new-app-based-...</a><p>&quot;If an Uber driver wants to make a change they can talk to us directly — they don’t need a bogus organization like this to do that.&quot;