What Does Uber Mean for Employee Ownership?

In the Atlantic, Derek Thomas argues that the idea of employment may become a historic relic. He argues that the types of technology that allow business models for companies like Uber and other deep economic forces may cause employment to wither away as a part of the economy, replaced by a more transaction-based "gig" economy.

What does this mean for employee ownership? In the upcoming Employee Ownership Report, NCEO members will read NCEO's executive director Loren Rodgers' perspective. He argues that the commodification of labor may actually be a good sign for employee ownership.