Shared security, shared growth: a social contract for the 21st century (with Senator Mark Warner and Abby Solomon)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer · Aug 13, 2019 · 49m

There are nearly 60 million gig economy workers in the U.S. workforce, yet benefits like health care, retirement, and paid leave are still tied to traditional salaried jobs. It is essential that we adopt new policies guaranteeing all workers the basic level of economic security necessary to sustain and grow the American middle class—and with it, the economy as a whole. This week, Senator Mark Warner and SEIU 775 Benefits Group Executive Director Abby Solomon imagine what a shared security system designed to fit modern flexible employment realities might look like.

Senator Mark Warner is the…