What is the function of the last sentence?
Gig platforms present themselves as marketplaces: independent workers choose when to work and for whom. Many workers value the flexibility, and surveys in which they say so are often cited in defence of the model. But the freedom to log on when one likes is not the freedom to negotiate. The platform sets the rate, rates the worker and can remove access without explanation. Flexibility and security are not opposites, and the choice between them is a false one. Workers can be given minimum protections, such as a minimum rate per hour worked and a route to challenge removal, while keeping the freedom to choose their hours. If the platforms' business could not survive such modest protections, that would tell us something about how much of its profit rested on shifting costs onto others.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: E. It suggests that a platform unable to bear modest protections depends on pushing costs onto workers
- Step 1: The sentence is conditional: if the platforms could not survive modest protections, it would reveal that profit depended on shifting costs.
- Step 2: It is a test, not a prediction.
Answer
It suggests that a platform unable to bear modest protections depends on pushing costs onto workers.
Why not the others: The sentence does not prove profit, predict collapse, concede unaffordability or propose taxes.
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