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Gig Economy Project – Is sub-contracting becoming the new normal in the platform economy?

April 22, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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Gig Economy Project – In a landmark case, an Amsterdam court overturns the automated firing of 6 Uber drivers

April 15, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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. […]

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Luke Yates – How Airbnb and Uber use activist tactics that disguise their corporate lobbying as grassroots campaigns

April 15, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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CNBC: Europe could be seeing the decline of its gig economy. And new rules could mean higher prices

April 12, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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Gig Economy Project – UK Deliveroo riders strike to intensify pressure on company following its IPO disaster

April 7, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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Reuters – Just Eat to add 4,000 workers on new contract terms in Italy

April 6, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Deliveroo’s £1 billion IPO downgrade: gig worker exploitation puts off investors

March 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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, […]

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Economics

Ben Wray – Unions Must Change in the Age of Finance

March 25, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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International Transport Workers’ Federation – Food delivery riders to take action globally as major investors shun upcoming Deliveroo IPO

March 25, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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

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Alex Foti – The Italian Riders Strike was a historic day

March 24, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

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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Post Growth: Life after Capitalism by Tim Jackson

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Book Review by Mathew D. Rose On Monday, 12 April at 8pm CET, BRAVE NEW EUROPE  will be presenting a Webinar with Tim Jackson about his book Post Growth. There will be a simultaneous Translation […]

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Heterodox Challenges in Economics by Sergio Cesaratto

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Book Review by Mathew D. Rose Puoi leggere questa recensione del libro in italiano qui I never thought that I would describe an economics book as “a delightful read”, but “Heterodox Challenges in Economics” by […]

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