The Gig Economy Project looks at how work is changing in Europe three months into the Covid-19 crisis, finding that the combination of corporate lobbyists exploiting the crisis and the growing dominance of the digital […]
To understand Coronavirus crisis in Spain, it is essential to understand its history of endemic corruption, in this case of public services, that is driven by politicians guided by Spain’s large financial interests (banks and […]
The Fairwork Germany 2020 report (English; German) highlights how platforms in Germany fare in the working conditions they provide to their workers. This research is particularly timely in light of the COVID-19 public health crisis, which has brought the risks faced by front-line […]
The Taxi Project 2.0 has announced a court action today against Uber for tax fraud, in the latest offensive by the Taxi workers’ movement in Spain against the platform giant. The Gig Economy Project reports. Ben Wray […]
New York just passed a temporary 15% cap on third-party delivery commissions and a limit of 5% on marketing contributions and other related fees. And Uber Eats, which just made a bid to buy Grubhub, […]
Even Über Eats, despite a surge in income, is still loss making. Read here
This says almost everything about platform economy practices. Read here
Amazon logistics workers have won much attention for organizing during the pandemic. Read here
Bama Athreya wanted to understand why people would drive for Uber. In this episode you’ll meet some of the drivers I met and interviewed: Tess from South Africa, Rebecca from California and Yaseen from London, […]
As part of our mobilisation to disseminate information concerning the self-organisation of Gig Economy workers, we would like to recommend a new podcast website: The Gig Bama Athreya is an expert on labour, gender equity, […]
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