Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray finds evidence across Europe that sub-contracting is digital platforms’ plan B to continue reaping the rewards of low-paid, precarious labour. The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was […]
A court in Amsterdam has ordered Uber, the ride-hail platform, to re-instate six drivers and pay compensation, on the basis that they were wrongly fired because the decision was made automatically by the company’s algorithm. […]
Power to the platforms. AlesiaKan Luke Yates, University of Manchester What David Cameron once called “the far-too-cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money”, has come back to haunt him. By lobbying on behalf of […]
Uber’s loss in the U.K. Supreme Court last month forced the company to reclassify 70,000 of its British drivers as workers. In Spain, legislators have introduced a raft of measures that would recategorize gig workers […]
Deliveroo riders across the UK began striking on 7 April, demanding a real living wage, safety protections and workers’ rights. The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling […]
Just Eat said on Tuesday it would hire some 4,000 riders in Italy in order to comply with a decision by an Italian prosecutor aimed at improving conditions for workers of the gig economy. A […]
This is the first time that workers have influenced the IPO of a platform economy company, also thanks to the Uber judgement at the British Supreme Court. The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, […]
Financialisation has changed the relationship between bosses and workers. Unions must change to face these realities argues Ben Wray, in a review of a new study of these problems. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist […]
Riders are fed up with poverty pay and exploitation, while investors say Deliveroo’s business model is too risky International Day of Action 26 March 2021 Read here
Alex Foti reports from Italy’s riders strike on Friday [March 26], which saw delivery workers refuse to respond to the app across the country in a major show of union power. Alex Foti is a […]
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