So, I work as a full time employee for a "big tech company located in downtown Seattle", my employer can terminate me anytime, on the spot, for any reason. But if I was a uber driver, I'd receive some "protection", why is that?
You should probably reflect on why you don't seem to realize the extreme privilege and benefits you have and instead choose to blame or vilify low paid gig workers who are subsidizing and delivering the treats you demand and consume daily.
Do the gig workers pay in to unemployment?
Do you know for a fact OC uses any of these exploitive services or companies at all?
Why else would uber be so desparate to prevent their drivers from being classified as employees?
Why isn't the question why you have to live without any sense of security and basic human dignity?
That is essentially the life of a prostitute. You get paid today if you're lucky, and it might even be a lot, but are neither seen as or treated like a human, just a "provider". You give up the autonomy of your own business and the lions share of the rewards for your own work to be a mere employee, in trade for all the same risk as being out there on your own. That's showing 'em.
I would actually be embarrassed to admit that I had so little self esteem and dignity that my uber driver has higher minimum standards for professional relationships than myself, but hey that's just me.