Amy Goodman
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Labor journalist: Apps like TaskRabbit, Uber offer "little responsibility" to workers
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September 18, 2019
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3:11Now PlayingLongtime labor journalist Steven Greenhouse says corporate America uses a number of methods to squeeze workers out of pay and benefits. Services like Uber and TaskRabbit are the latest manifestation of this, with the companies leaning on a precarious and disposable workforce. "There is no responsibility to the worker," Greenhouse says. His is the author of "Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor."
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