Thread by @veenadubal

TERRIFYING: The text of @RepCuellar's bill the Workplace Flexibility & Choice Act is available.

It would carve workers out of min wage & OT protections -- not just app-deployed workers -- ANY WORKER whose employer...1/

congress.gov/bill/117th-con…

Decided that they would set schedules using algorithms & incentives instead of providing secure hours WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO PROVIDE A WAGE FLOOR or OVERTIME. 2/

Employers have been trying to get of the minimum wage for a century so they can squeeze more labor out of each human. For workers w/o bargaining power (non-union workers, workers of color, low-wage workers) this bill would make earning a living nearly impossible. 3/

As Uber, DoorDash, and Instacart have already done to their workforce, it would empower employers to force workers to work long and hard to eek out a living. The everyday gamble, insecurity, & stress of gig work would extend beyond these sectors... 4/

And all in the false name of flexibility. We know Uber driving is not flexible like they pretend it is -- there is nothing flexible about making so little that you have to eat, sleep, and work in your car to provide for your family. 5/

This bill is unconscionable. It is an outrage. It would increase economic inequality--especially racialized inequality. We must rise up against this tech-capital driven DYSTOPIA. Workers should have secure, living wages AND real time flexibility. Let's legislate for THAT. 6/END.

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Read here for more on the history of racialized wage codes and labor platform work --
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…