Buttigieg Says Gig Workers Should be Allowed to Unionize

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said he would allow gig workers to unionize to “put the interest of workers first.”

“There are people in the gig economy who go through more jobs in a week than my parents went through in their lifetime,” Buttigieg said during the debate when answering a question about trade. “That’s why I propose that we allow gig workers to unionize, because a gig is a job and a worker is a worker.”

“That’s why we need to put the interest of workers first. Of course we need to do retraining — we’re doing it now in South Bend — we’ll continue to do it, but this is so much bigger than a trade fight,” Buttigieg said. “This is about a moment when the economy is changing before our eyes.”

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