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2 - An Uber Ambivalence

Employee Status, Worker Perspectives, and Regulation in the Gig Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2020

By
V. B. Dubal
Edited by
Deepa Das Acevedo
Deepa Das Acevedo
Affiliation:
University of Alabama School of Law
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Before beginning to work for Lyft in 2013, Kevin Banks spent twenty-five years as a unionized carpenter in Northern California. He made “pretty dang good money” working in construction, especially after his promotion to general foreman. But Kevin was badly injured on the job, and the timing of the injury coincided with the Great Recession. A white, native-born American who came from a union family, Kevin had never performed nonunion, low-wage work, but by 2009, his job choices were limited. With a trace of resigned shame in his voice, he disclosed in one of our conversations over coffee

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Beyond the Algorithm
Qualitative Insights for Gig Work Regulation
 , pp. 33 - 56
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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