GIG ECONOMY
Issue #265
7 Nov 2021
Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. New York City’s 65,000 delivery workers have only themselves to count on. They’ve improvised solutions, like bridge patrol to protect themselves from attacks, to make their jobs feasible.
It’s ‘decentralised collective action’. Wonderful essay on a social phenomenon we are likely to see a great deal more of