2018-09-07

Gig Economy=>'Rigged Economy'.

Which is really nothing more than slavery.

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-gig-economy-and-outsourcing-a-dark-net-of-near-slavery/

The gig economy is being driven by those who seek to cut costs, and this begins and ends with their ability to wiggle out of being considered “employers” in any sense. What will it take for those of us who freelance and are at the mercy of the market forces where fees are being driven down in the current economic climate? We either must band together and agree to fees that we simply will not dip below or we must create a formal unionization.

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