His situation underscores what critics call ride-hailing’s poverty wages and precarious nature. Although he earns about $1,200 a week (averaging $20 an hour) after Uber’s cut, work expenses such as gas, oil changes, new tires and other maintenance, traffic tickets, car payments, car insurance, cell phone bill and self-employment taxes eat a big chunk of his income.
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Something is definitely not right about the gig economy.
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The only good thing about the gig economy, Rosaliene, is how clearly it exposes naked exploitation for what it really is.
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