Book contents
- For Labor To Build Upon
- For Labor to Build Upon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 An Overview
- 3 Unions, Employment Conditions, and American Exceptionalism
- 4 The Historical Backdrop
- 5 The Modern Labor Framework
- 6 The Gig Economy and All That
- 7 American Amateur Players Arise
- 8 Union Decline
- 9 Conclusion
- Index
6 - The Gig Economy and All That
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
Book contents
- For Labor To Build Upon
- For Labor to Build Upon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 An Overview
- 3 Unions, Employment Conditions, and American Exceptionalism
- 4 The Historical Backdrop
- 5 The Modern Labor Framework
- 6 The Gig Economy and All That
- 7 American Amateur Players Arise
- 8 Union Decline
- 9 Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The challenge for the new increasing precariat has taken a number of forms some of which antedate the gig phenomenon itself, taking the form of new labels like that given to Walmart workers as “associates” – and more recently euphemisms like “taskers,” “driver partners,” “entrepreneurs,” “dashers,” and “earners” – all given to convince the workers that they are really a step above employee status much like the royal names given to slaves by their owners in the antebellum South.
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- For Labor To Build UponWars, Depression and Pandemic, pp. 95 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022