Hustle and gig : struggling and surviving in the sharing economy /

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Author / Creator:Ravenelle, Alexandrea J., 1980- author.
Imprint:Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
©2019
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13358554
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ISBN:9780520971899
0520971892
9780520300552
0520300556
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from resource home page (EbscoHost, viewed April 2, 2020).
Summary:"The sharing economy claims to bring the romance of entrepreneurship to the masses. Through qualitative interviews with nearly eighty workers for Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit, and Kitchensurfing, 'Hustle and Gig' explores how the gig economy's classification of workers as "independent contractors" results in a shifting of risk and liability as part of a larger casualization of labor. Just like their colleagues in the 1800s and early 1900s, workers find themselves outside even the most basic workplace protections regarding discrimination and sexual harassment, the right to unionize, and redress for workplace injuries. The sharing economy is a movement forward to the past as it upends generations of workplace protections in the name of disruption"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Ravenelle, Alexandrea J., 1980- Hustle and gig. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520300552