Americans largely support and benefit from a political/legal environment conducive to individual freedom and active entrepreneurship. However, within that broad consensus, views vary over how large and prescriptive the role of government and mandatory bodies should be. Should only doctors, lawyers, plumbers and hairdressers licensed by the state be allowed to provide their services? Few things capture this difference more clearly and dramatically than whether cab drivers must be employees of the cab company or can work as little or as much as they chose as independent contractors– company employees or gig workers (uber drivers).
Licensed professionals, like union members, can help promote and certify a minimum standard of training and confidence. But historically they have also sheltered their members from competition. Unions provide a number of services to their members, but their overriding purpose is to confront employers with a united front from workers on wages and working conditions…
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