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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 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@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] lorkano@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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