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Riders’ Rights Concern Group: Why Europeans should care about the struggle of FoodPanda couriers in Hong Kong

March 16, 2022 Ben 0

The Riders’ Rights Concern Group, a labour group dedicated to food delivery workers’ rights in Hong Kong, writes for The Gig Economy Project about the FoodPanda dispute in HK, and what it says about the […]

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Gig Economy Project – Uber and FreeNow rated just 1 out of 10 in German Fair Work Platform Ratings

February 27, 2022 Ben 0

Gorillas rated 2/10 and Amazon Flex 3/10, while Lieferando and Wolt receive 7/10 The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling us to provide analysis, updates, ideas, and […]

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The Gig Economy Project – French union and MEP call on parent company La Poste to intervene in Stuart Delivery dispute

February 22, 2022 Ben 0

CGT: “What the Post Office is trying to do through Stuart Delivery is to impose a new social model on the whole group” The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE […]

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Gig Economy Project – Half of EU platform workers have hourly earnings below the minimum wage, survey finds

February 18, 2022 Ben 0

Survey finds that there are 12 million platform workers in the EU, 3 million of which do platform work as their main source of income The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated […]

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Gig Economy Project – Barcelona taxistas in “anti-gag” march against Uber 

February 10, 2022 Ben 0

Elité Taxi faces the potential of a crippling fine from the Catalan Competition Authority, after Uber complained of anti-competitive conduct including “acts of boycott, aggressive and denigrating practices” The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben […]

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Gig Economy Project – London couriers: Immigration raid “inextricably linked” to lack of safe waiting area

February 7, 2022 Ben 0

IWGB couriers question mayor of Hackney’s argument that there was no link between an immigration raid targeting couriers in East London and the couriers’ protest for a safe waiting area which took place just two […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘We are still fighting against Macron, only now at the European level’: Interview with Edouard Bernasse of the Collective of Autonomous Platform Delivery Workers (CLAP)

February 2, 2022 Ben 0

The Gig Economy Project speaks to Edouard Bernasse of the Collective of Autonomous Platform Delivery Workers (CLAP) about the gig economy in France, Macron’s new platform worker ‘social dialogue’ law and much more. Vous pouvez […]

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Gig Economy Project – « Nous luttons toujours contre Macron, mais maintenant au niveau européen » : Entretien avec Edouard Bernasse du Collectif des livreurs de plateformes autonomes (CLAP)

January 30, 2022 Ben 0

The Gig Economy Project s’entretient avec Edouard Bernasse du Collectif des Livreurs Autonomes de Plateformes (CLAP) sur la gig economy en France, la nouvelle loi Macron sur le “dialogue social” des travailleurs des plates-formes et […]

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Gig Economy Project – Lora Verheecke: Take care platform workers, France is president of the EU Council

January 28, 2022 Ben 0

The European Union is elaborating a new law on the status of Uber, Deliveroo and other platform workers. The EU Council position, coordinated by France, is likely to diminish their labour rights and lock them […]

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Gig Economy Project – Workers on Europe’s big gig platforms meet EU criteria to be employees, trade union analysis finds

January 26, 2022 Ben 0

ETUC analysis finds food delivery companies Deliveroo and Glovo meet all five of the EU Commission criteria for their workers to be considered employees, but Deliveroo describe the analysis as “incorrect and misleading” The Gig […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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