Pete Buttigieg says gig workers should be allowed to unionize during Democratic debate

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• South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said, as president, he would allow gig workers to unionize.
• "There are people in the gig economy who go through more jobs in a week than my parents went through in their lifetime," Buttigieg said during the debate. "That's why I propose that we allow gig workers to unionize because a gig is a job and a worker is a worker."
• Organizing among some gig-economy workers is already beginning.
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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said he would allow gig workers to unionize to "put the interest of workers first."

"There are people in the gig economy who go through more jobs in a week than my parents went through in their lifetime," Buttigieg said during the debate when answering a question about trade. "That's why I propose that we allow gig workers to unionize, because a gig is a job and a worker is a worker."

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