The Labor Department said Monday that gig workers, like drivers for Uber and Lyft, were contractors, not employees

This is a big deal, friends. An estimated quarter of the U.S. workforce could lose their status as “employees," and all the protections that go with them -- saving employers an estimated $22 billion a year, and shifting the costs to workers. https://t.co/Fh0i1Y6yzK

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