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Proponents of UBI today, who put it forth as a salve for the wounds cut by automation, frame the conversation as "Those poor sops who are at the bottom of the skills laddder! Let's be charitable and give them a hand." This ignores how dependent the future of work will be on contract on-demand labor…

[...] if the future is dependent on workers who cannot turn to theri employers of record to provide healthcare, society needs an alternative that reflects reality. Some make the case for unviersal healthcare, taking a charitable stance. The sick deserve our collective care. The cold bottom-line tru…

FIX 9: UNIONS AND PLATFORM COOPERATIVES AS THE NEW BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU

We need a third-party registry that allows on-demand workers to build their work resumes and accrue reputations, independent of the platform. Workers should be able to take their record of accomplishments with them, no…

[...] Doordash offers a same-day pay feature, called Fast Pay, that lets Dashers cash out earnings, much like Amazon Payments lets workers draw their pay into a direct deposit account. Fast Pay charges $1.99 to cash out. [...]

For instance, Anand, 24, is a student working on MTurk and living with his parents in Chennai. Anand uses his income from MTurk to pay for personal expenses. He told us that his parents don;'t understand what he is doing in front of the computer so much, but he hopes to prove them wrong by eventual…