Shocker: 40% of Workers Now Have 'Contingent' Jobs, Says U.S. Government - Forbes - 0 views
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Tucked away in the pages of a new report by the U.S. General Accounting Office is a startling statistic: 40.4% of the U.S. workforce is now made up of contingent workers—that is, people who don’t have what we traditionally consider secure jobs.
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It reinforces estimates of the independent workforce that have come from observers ranging from the Freelancers Union to Faith Popcorn
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people in this workforce are struggling economically
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