Finance
Jean Tirole – Regulating the disrupters
Digitization represents a marvellous opportunity for our societies; but it also introduces new dangers, while amplifying others Read here
Gig Economy
Finance
Maite Tapia, Lowell Turner, Salil R. Sapre – Can millennials save the labour movement?
Young workers are less likely than older workers to be union members even though they may have a more favourable view of unions. Maite Tapia, Lowell Turner and Salil R. Sapre argue that unions can be […]
Finance
Evgeny Morozov: From Airbnb to city bikes, the ‘sharing economy’ has been seized by big business
To flourish, the informal digital networks providing new services needed to be protected from the market Read here
EU politics
Basic Income Network Italia – The linguistic scam of Italy’s ‘citizenship income’
Outside of Italy there is hardly any real information concerning the policies of the new Lega/5 Star Movement coalition. In this article Roberto Ciccarelli claims that the 5 Star Movement´s citizenship income is Germany´s neo-liberal Hartz […]
Economics
Ivan Manokha – Britain: Opposing labour market Uberculosis
Uber is appealing the ruling in Britain that its drivers deserve workers’ rights. Meanwhile its drivers show strike action is possible against ‘platform capitalism’. Ivan Manokha is a departmental lecturer in the Oxford Department of […]
EU politics
Pacific Standard: Here’s Why UberEats Couriers Went on Strike in the U.K. This Month
An organizer with a couriers union discusses the ongoing campaign to improve the gig economy. Read here
EU politics
Len McCluskey – Britain: Young Workers know they’re being ripped off – and that unions are the answer
Last weeks global food strikes in Britain show young workers get what trade unionism is about – and bringing are new forms of digital organisation into play. Len McCluskey is General Secretary of Unite, Britain’s […]
EU politics
The Guardian: Amazon offsetting pay rise by removing bonuses, union says
So much for the human face of capitalism. It always comes down to the same results: profit, profit, profit…and public relations to make it look like everything else except profit. Read here
EU politics
Owen Jones: Young people are rewiring capitalism with their McStrike
A precarious and exploited workforce has had enough: young employees are joining unions and demanding to be heard Read here
EU politics
The Guardian: Uber Eats couriers’ pay protest brings traffic to a halt in central London
While Uber Eats is preparing to buy Competitor Deliveroo for around two billion dollars, employees are already being made to pay the price. Read here