Being an independent worker is by its nature to some degree a subversive act. Being self-employed means your loyalty is to yourself, anyone working with you and your community/client base, not to an employer. It also means that you are perhaps even more concerned than the rest of the working population about the state of the economy – there is no cushion provided to you by a company – no pension plan waiting for you, no unemployment insurance, and if your clients aren’t making money, neither are you. You are by definition, closer to the streets because you see first hand how the economy is faring.
We all know the answer to that these days. And we are all feeling it. Here are some folks who are not only feeling it, they’re doing something about it. Maybe it’s a bit messy right now, movements usually are at first, but they are doing something about it, for all of us.
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Together
