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npr: Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying ‘Hush Money’ To Conceal Massive Breach

August 21, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

When only money matters, then crime is irrelevant. On the other hand we see this constantly in corporate crime always ending with: “Corporation X paid a fine of Y billion dollars, but did not admit […]

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Finance

Laura Olías – Three Stories of Platform Worker Exploitation

August 18, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Journalist Laura Olías tells the stories of Javier, Carolina and Luis, platform workers who have suffered different types of exploitation at the hands of Facebook, Amazon and Uber respectively. Originally published on ElDiario.es. The Gig […]

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Mathew Lawrence – Data and Work

August 14, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

WORK is one of the areas of life that has been most obviously and profoundly re-shaped by the pandemic. We have experienced an unprecedented global experiment in working from home, one that employers are treating […]

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Zoro News – Just Eat to stop using gig economy workers

August 14, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The boss of one of the world’s biggest food delivery platforms  intends to end gig working at his company across Europe.We shall see. Read here

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The Verge: Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify drivers as employees

August 10, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

A stunning court ruling puts Uber and Lyft in a tight spot Read here Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

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IWGB: IWGB wins worker status and rights for ‘gig economy’ CitySprint couriers once and for all

August 10, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

City Sprint changed workers’ contracts rather than comply with a previous ruling that they were entitled to holiday pay and minimum wage. The company could now be forced to pay out thousands in unpaid holidays. […]

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Economics

black & brown – Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

August 3, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

This series of articles concerning the Gig Economy in the EU was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Lipman-Miliband Trust   Cycle courier cooperatives are turning technology on the gig economy giants. Film […]

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Finance

Ben Wray – Digital Platforms and the Pandemic: Interview with Jamie Woodcock

July 31, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The changing face of the gig economy Ben Wray is a freelance journalist leading BRAVE NEW EUROPE’S Gig Economy Project. He also produces a morning newsletter called Source Direct on Scottish politics, which you can […]

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Corruption

Carlos Rodríguez – Spain: Uber and Corruption in Madrid 

July 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Spanish right-wing Popular Party (PP), notorious for its corruption, now runs the regional and city council of Madrid. They are using their new-found power to liberalise the taxi sector in the Spanish capital. Unsurprisingly, […]

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Finance

Tom Vickers – Uber Supreme Court Battle: Even if Drivers Win, they need New Laws to Protect Them

July 23, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Pixabay, CC BY-SA Tom Vickers, Nottingham Trent University The UK supreme court has just heard an appeal from Uber that has far-reaching implications for UK drivers and the wider gig economy. Uber wants to overturn […]

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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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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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