Welcome
Together We Can Reverse What Corporate Greed Has Done to Our Nation.
United We Bargain, Alone We Beg
About Freelance Workers United
Our Purpose
We are living in a time of corporate greed not seen since the early 20th century. As the cost-of-living rises, working-class people across the country are finding themselves working longer hours for less pay. The Gig Economy is expected to bring in $455 billion in 2023, while the average Gig Worker’s salary is only $29,050 (a favorable statistic, as the top 10% of Gig Workers make more than the bottom 75%). 58% of Gig Workers find themselves working over 40 hours a week for low pay, no benefits, and zero protections from the law due to corporate maneuvering of the tax/employment system. They classify us as independent contractors to reap the rewards of zero accountability to those creating their profits while we, those doing the work, do not get to set our standard for compensation as all other independent contractors in this country do. We’ve had our pay cut, our accounts deactivated with no avenue for recourse, and have been left to sit in our vehicles staring at dead screens wondering if we will make next month’s rent or feed our children.
There is hope, but it lies with each other. There is a massive and growingwave of working-class people fighting for their rights in America. Railroad Workers, Teamsters, Writers Guild/SAG, Auto Workers, employees of Starbucks and Amazon, have made and are making nation-wide progress to organize. To fight for what they know they deserve as the backbone of this country. It is now our time. We Gig Workers have a special place in this broader fight for the rights of working-class people. It is projected Gig Workers will number 86.5 million people by 2027, comprising 50.9% of the workforce in the United States. We have been uniquely affected by the evolution of technology in the economy. Fired by computer code, wages cut with no notification and this all with zero transparency under the guise of intellectual property. If we let these corporations get away with this now, there is no telling what further advancement in technology into our economy brings for the working class. As many of us are doing today with our predecessors, if we do not act nowfuture generations will look back at us and ask, “How did you let this happen?” This is our purpose. To fight for what we know we deserve, so that we can protect not only ourselves, but those that come after us.
Reference: Zippia. "23+ Essential Gig Economy Statistics [2023]: Definitions, Facts, And Trends On Gig Work" Zippia.com. Feb. 16, 2023, https://www.zippia.com/advice/gig-economy-statistics/
Our Demands
✓ Full Transparency of Pay Scale (Mileage, Time, Weight, Etc.)
✓ Full Transparency on Software Operation (Who/What/Where/When/Why?)
✓ 120% Minimum Wage Guarantee Nationwide
✓ Proper, Direct, and Expedient Recourse for Deactivation (With a Human Being from a Designated Department, Not a Bot or General Outsourced Chat Personnel)
✓ Comprehensive Healthcare
✓ Transparency to Customer on Where Their Money Goes
✓ Hazard Pay for Extreme Weather or Conditions
✓ Workman’s Compensation (Slips/Falls, Dog Bites, Robbery, Etc.)
✓ End Tip Baiting
✓ If We Continue to be Independent Contractors Ending of Tip Language (Bid for Service Is More Accurate)
What You Can Do Now
1. Just as those working-class Americans did a century ago, must we now unite. We currently have a digital community of 800 members that is growing daily. If you are moved to join the fight for the rights of working-class people email us at GigWorkersofAmerica@gmail.com.
2. Sign and share the petition ( https://chng.it/T5cnyQyPbq ) to show the Corporations, the Public, and the Government that we stand many. A force for solidarity of the working class.
3. Share this Call to Action! Whether it be physically posting it at your local grocery store, sharing it on social media, or directing it to someone you know that has the skills and inclination to help the movement.
4. Start saving any evidence of unfair treatment. Improper pay, unreasonable deactivation, misleading company materials, etc. You can send them directly to GigWorkersofAmerica@gmail.com.
5. If you are a Gig Worker who has already started organizing, let’s work together! We have reached out to, and are in contact with, many organizers, reporters and influential people involved in working-class movements. We have heard you are out there. Contact us!
6. If you yourself are not a Gig Worker but have a skill that could be of service to the movement that you would like to offer, join us! We, and future generations, will be incredibly grateful for your contribution.
7. If you are a patron of the Gig Economy, realize your power! We vote with our dollar as much, or more, than we do at the ballot box. Demand more transparency from these Corporations, voice your concern to them and your governments to protect the working backbone driving our nation’s economy.