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Gig Economy Project – UK Supreme Court finds Deliveroo riders have no rights to collective bargaining because they aren’t workers

November 21, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The IWGB union say they are considering their options “under international law” after “disappointing” defeat. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers in Europe. Click here to find out more […]

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Gig Economy

The voices of ‘The Great Delivery’, in their own words

November 11, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, journalist and platform transport policy expert, asked the participants and supporters The Great Delivery, which finished on Friday, about their experience of the unique 400 kilometre protest, and their hopes and ambitions for […]

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‘La Grande Livraison (The Great Delivery)’ by European riders is delivering hope – Statement from Korean platform workers

November 6, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The Alliance for Korean Platform Workers for a better tomorrow has issued a statement in solidarity with European riders participating in ‘The Great Delivery’, a 400 kilometre journey from Paris to Brussels to demand platform […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘The Great Delivery’: Riders to cycle from Paris to Brussels to demand platform workers’ rights

November 2, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The 400 kilometre ‘Great Delivery’ from Paris to Brussels starts this Sunday [5 November]. Piero Valmassoi, freelance journalist and platform economy expert, spoke to Camille Peteers, rider and spokesperson for the Brussels Couriers’ Collective (Collectif […]

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DLA Piper: Irish Supreme Court find Domino’s pizza drivers are employees

November 2, 2023 Mathew D. Rose 0

In a landmark decision, the Irish Supreme Court has held that that Domino’s pizza delivery drivers are employees rather than independent contractors. This decision is of great significance to employers and those in the gig […]

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Gig Economy Project – Why Uber drivers in the App Drivers & Couriers Union logged-off for Gaza

October 26, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The Gig Economy Project speaks Abdurzaq Hadi, Uber driver and BAME officer for the ADCU, about why the union is among the leading voices of the British trade union movement opposing Israel’s siege of Gaza. […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘Suppressing democracy’: Flink closes in Freiburg on eve of Works Council election

October 19, 2023 Ben Wray 0

German Q-Commerce platform Flink claims it has shutdown its operations in Freiburg for “purely” economic reasons, but its sacked workers disagree. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers […]

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Deliverance Milano: The “union-on-demand” for riders

October 18, 2023 Ben Wray 0

As riders’ strike in Milan this week, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray finds that Deliverance Milano, a grassroots collective launched eight years ago, remains in the thick of the struggle. The Gig Economy Project […]

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Carlos Rodríguez – Why we fight together for the taxi and the rider

October 5, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Carlos Rodríguez, vice-president of Taxi Project 2.0, a think tank in favour of the taxi sector in Spain and against Uberisation, writes for the Gig Economy Project about his battles at regional, national and European […]

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Finance

Los riders sin papeles: Migrants tell their story from undocumented food delivery couriers to trade union organisers

October 3, 2023 Ben Wray 0

How do undocumented workers make a living in the food delivery sector? How can trade unions recruit migrant gig workers and ensure decent working conditions for all riders? The Gig Economy Project spoke to Paola […]

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Economics

Visions of Inequality – From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War by Branko Milanović

October 9, 2023 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose Although the topic of inequality is vital to today’s discussions about politics and economics, it is surprising how little importance was attributed to it in the past. Until the […]

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Ben Wray: The Ministry for the Future – book review

September 25, 2023 0

Kim Stanley Robinson’s acclaimed climate novel (2020, Orbit Books) has been praised far and wide, from Andreas Malm to Barack Obama. Robinson tells a gripping story about what our near future may look like, underpinned […]

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