The change seems immaterial to me except that it’s much clearer. The article author injects a social justice angle without describing any specific impact.
Who is really affected by this? Any concrete examples?
Who is really affected by this? Any concrete examples?
I don't know about the rest of them, but your information is totally wrong about UPS. The "delivery" people are most definitely employees. Union employees, Teamsters in fact. Which means that UPS doesn't get to push them around all that easily. But which also means that the relationship is occasionally more confrontational than it should be.
Half the time with FedEx you have no idea why a random truck is stopping to drop off a package. We also at my office always have to call them to do any pickup, the UPS guy just grabs outgoing when it delivers the incoming.
Which "FedEx" do you mean? That's the problem with them, there are multiple entities sharing the name.
FedEx Ground was an acquisition and re-branding. They operate using "independent business owners". Want to deliver packages? Buy a route!
By the way, that’s really good for Uber drivers. If they had to be employees they would get paid less and couldn’t deduct many expenses