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Gig Economy Project – Lis Gaibar: When Being a Rider is a Health Risk

February 8, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Lis Gaibar examines a new study on the health risks of being a rider, and whether the planned ‘Rider Law’ of the Spanish Government will improve the situation. This piece was originally published in Spanish […]

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EU politics

Ben Wray – Which way forward for gig workers’ rights? France debates ‘wage portage’

January 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The EU is moving towards a regulation of the Gig Economy. Lobbyists in Brussels are spending fast and heavy. What is on the table up to now? Ben Wray is a freelance journalist leading BRAVE […]

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Gig Economy Project: From Gig Worker to Union Leader – Interview with Alex Marshall

January 27, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Alex Marshall is President of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) The Gig Economy Project spoke to Alex Marshall, new President of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and former delivery […]

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EU politics

Ben Wray – Spain’s gig economy riders win 41st court verdict against platform employers

January 13, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Report on latest  of 41 court verdicts against false self-employment of riders in Spain, and update on divisions over the Spanish Government’s so-called ‘Riders Law’. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist leading BRAVE NEW EUROPE’S […]

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Ben Wray – Italian Union Hails Court Victory over ‘Discriminatory’ Deliveroo Algorithm

January 8, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

A Bologna court has ruled that a ranking-based algorithm used by food delivery platform Deliveroo is in breach of labour rights, in a verdict that has been hailed as an “epoch-making turning point” by an […]

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Economics

Charline Sempéré – Covid-19: how the health crisis is exposing the omnipresence and mundanity of unfree labour in our economies

December 25, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The exploitation of workers is nothing new, yet how might we challenge this exploitation? The recent Covid pandemic highlights how essential workers are to our well-being and reproduction. We should therefore rethink the value we […]

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Finance

Scott Baum: The Gig Economy – a shameful failure of the neoliberal project

December 16, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

“The sharing economy amplifies the worst excesses of the dominant economic model: it is neoliberalism on steroids” Read here

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Finance

Our Gig Economy Project has Received Bridge Funding

December 14, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The goal of BRAVE NEW EUROPE is to be at the cutting edge of economic, political, social, and environmental developments in Europe. Long before they became popular we had promoted the Green New Deal and […]

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Finance

The Workers’ Observatory – Does traditional Union Organising Work in Food Delivery?: The McAlevey Method on Wheels

December 3, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The wheel does not have to be constantly re-invented, although there is always room for technical improvements. The Workers Observatory  is a collaboration of gig workers and researchers, supported by the Scottish Trades’ Union Congress and […]

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Finance

Cailean Gallagher: Why Workers Observatories can Help Empower Gig Workers

November 19, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Cailean Gallagher, one of the co-ordinators of Workers Observatory, looks at the growth of more ambitious workers observatories in Europe seeking to understand the changing nature of work, and empower workers themselves to research, access […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

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Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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