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The gig economy is also a road to the comforts of citizenship

The labour movement has always had trouble with migrant workers. But insecure work has often been the ticket to a secure new citizenship.

Tanveer AhmedColumnist

Feb 24, 2021 – 3.23pm

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The gig economy is really about managing the place of cheap immigrant labour, a segment that has traditionally been at odds with the labour movement.

Right from Federation, workers from China and the Pacific Islands were banned.

Tanveer Ahmed is an author and practising psychiatrist.

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