Blogs are free to start and less than $10 a month to host, I’de love to read this article but it’s (as you stated) deleted from Medium. I suggest whoever wrote it might want to consider starting their own blog to keep the story alive. They can silence you on their platform, but not on your own.
If this person wants to have the story published but doesn’t want to start a blog, have them email the story to dianna@quantified.coach. I run a blog for entrepreneurs called The Quantified Blog and I’de love to feature the story.
I’m hoping the gig economy sees the change it deserves!