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Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times

Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times

Ravenelle, Alexandrea J.

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LaborGeneral SociologyPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 0520387309
ISBN13: 9780520387300
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Oct 24 2023
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
The first major study of how the pandemic affected gig workers--a sociological exploration that reads like a novel.

This is the story of what the most vulnerable wage earners--gig workers, restaurant staff, early-career creatives, and minimum-wage laborers--do when the economy suddenly collapses. In Side Hustle Safety Net, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle builds on interviews with nearly two hundred gig-based and precarious workers, conducted during the height of the pandemic, to uncover the unique challenges they faced in unprecedented times.

This book looks at both the officially unemployed and the forgotten jobless--a digital-era demographic that turned to side hustles--and reveals how they fared. CARES Act assistance allowed some to change careers, start businesses, perhaps transform their lives. However, gig workers and those involved in polyemployment found themselves at the mercy of outdated unemployment systems, vulnerable to scams, and attempting dubious survival strategies. Ultimately, Side Hustle Safety Net argues that the rise of the gig economy, partnered with underemployment and economic instability, has increased worker precarity with disastrous consequences.

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