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Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings
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I find it hard to sympathize with gig workers getting fucked over after they voted to not get normal worker protections for that kind of work a few years ago. Congratulations: y’all played yourselves.
There was a vote amongst just them?
In California, anyway. There was a bill/measure whatever the hell to make contractors with services like Uber, DoorDash, etc get treated like normal hired employees, so they would have a minimum wage, guaranteed breaks and lunch, and all the other protections offered to employees here.
Every time that happens the companies lobby the fuck out of everyone to make sure things don’t get better. They’ll spend millions on it because it’s still cheaper than doing things right.
Last time it was up for debate in my country the amount of bullshit straight-up-lies the “partner” app was shoving down my throat about the matter was utterly insane.
And it worked. People voted against their own interests.
No-one “played themselves”, they got played.
Gig workers stupid, deserve to suffer
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 1 week ago
The general rule is that if you have to pay to work (and get paid), it’s a scam.