I believe everyone deserves a union, however at present the system does not allow for folks who work under 1099's to unionize - this excludes every "gig worker". We need to change worker classifications in order for them to have the first steps to proper recognized unionization.

I personally feel like everyone who works for these apps is being misclassified and should be an employee and not a contractor, but these companies have gone to great lengths to fight both changing worker classifications and in many instances convince the folks who contract themselves to these apps to fight against their own self-interests and perpetuate the independent contractor model that allows them to run as inexpensively as they do (ie the lie that workers cannot be both an employee AND have a flexible schedule).

The best the workers can do at the moment are these collective organizations that fight for their rights but don't have any legal weight behind their mission statements.

A large percentage of that goes to Act Blue, Inc. $22 million in revenue in 2019 and a handsomely paid board, according to their Form 990 Tax Returns. It's literally a rent seeking app piggybacking on progressive movement causes.

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