Mayor Buttigieg Singles Out Big tech

Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-South bend), who has been a Silicon Valley favorite in the 2020 presidential race, is calling out several tech giants for harming workers. In his new policy plan, Mayor Buttigieg singles out Facebook, Google and Uber for troubling labor practices, and pledges to hold employers accountable under labor laws, strengthen unions and expand protections for gig workers. “The status quo with companies like Facebook and Uber setting the rules and government sitting on the sidelines must change,” the plan says. “Government and business policies have relentlessly tilted the balance of power away from workers and toward corporations. ... Bargaining does not even exist for some workers, especially for those who work for Uber, McDonald’s, Google, or countless other companies that claim they don’t directly employ their workers.” With the Democratic field dwindling and the final two Democratic debates of the year on the horizon, the Silicon Valley sweetheart is likely to face more pressure to articulate where — relative to Warren and other tech critics in the running — he stands on major tech policy issues.