You could order something from a restaurant that an offer delivery, or was miles away and they would dispatch a worker to bring it to you. All these companies are part of the new world where everything is at your finger tips, everywhere you go. And so this meant for customers, it meant unlimited choice. It was amazing for workers. They were no longer tethered to a restaurant sil they no longer had shelter. That's where we are to day. We have workers who are extremely on line on extremely fast vehicles,. racing around, working for ps.
A third of American workers do gig work. In the third part of our series, The Future of Work, learn how the pandemic helped them discover their power.
Today’s show was produced by Will Reid, edited by Jillian Weinberger, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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