Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Friday, 10 February 2017
Plumbing Old Depths
Giving age-old exploitation some funky-sounding name like "the gig economy" does not make it anything other than it is.
Do you have a clue what you're talking about? Many parents and students who need flexible part time work would be unable to work at all without the gig economy.
It gives them the flexibility to choose when they work and how many hours they work on a week by week basis.
A parent or student wouldn't be able to scale their hours up or down to fit in with their other commitments on a fixed term contract.
Do you have a clue what you're talking about? Many parents and students who need flexible part time work would be unable to work at all without the gig economy.
ReplyDeleteIt gives them the flexibility to choose when they work and how many hours they work on a week by week basis.
A parent or student wouldn't be able to scale their hours up or down to fit in with their other commitments on a fixed term contract.
Tell it to the judge.
DeleteYou've clearly never been a parent or a student. How would they ever be able to work fixed-term contracts?
ReplyDeleteFar from being "exploitation", flexibility is a massive bonus for them.
I was a student, all right. Ask a member of the current Shadow Cabinet.
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