Innisfil, Ontario, decided to partially subsidize ride-hailing trips rather than pay for a public bus system. It worked so well that now they have to raise fares and cap rides. Read here
Nuno Mendes, a 40-year-old Portuguese worker lives on six-month contracts. He earns 1,200 euros a month. Banks won’t give him a mortgage. “Everything in my life is on hold — starting a family, making long-term […]
Growing numbers of workers are turning to often insecure and badly paid platform work, such as food delivery and cleaning, to top-up lacklustre wages. A report by the University of Hertfordshire and Ipsos MORI has […]
This may not be Europe, but to follow attempts at organisation in the gig economy, we thought we would make an exception. In the fight for unionisation within a precarious gig economy, Toronto Foodora couriers […]
The mainstream economists keep claiming that fiscal deficits are undermining the future standards of living of workers – an erroneous claim at best. Read here
Uber drivers in the United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD) branch of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) have been on strike in Glasgow, London, Birmingham, and Nottingham ahead of the company’s stock market […]
Uber drivers in London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow will protest outside Uber offices on Wednesday, 8 May. Read here
Documents show how the company tracks and terminates workers Read here
“The primary antagonist of the traditional proletarian was the boss. The primary antagonistic of the precariat is the state. A precariat revolt (hopefully peaceful) will lead to a new distinctive distribution system.” – Guy Standing, […]
A financialised economy and weak trade unions mean record employment has done little to increase workers’ pay. Read here
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