Economics
Bill Mitchell: The Green New Deal must wipe out precarious work and underemployment
The numbers Bill uses are for Australia, but the must be familiar in most any European nation. Read here
Gig Economy
Climate Crisis
City Lab: ‘Uber Was Supposed To Be Our Public Transit’
Innisfil, Ontario, decided to partially subsidize ride-hailing trips rather than pay for a public bus system. It worked so well that now they have to raise fares and cap rides. Read here
Austerity
Financial Post: Europe’s rise in temporary work contracts puts lives on hold
Nuno Mendes, a 40-year-old Portuguese worker lives on six-month contracts. He earns 1,200 euros a month. Banks won’t give him a mortgage. “Everything in my life is on hold — starting a family, making long-term […]
Finance
Trades Union Congress (TUC): Boom in gig economy workers shows struggle to make ends meet
Growing numbers of workers are turning to often insecure and badly paid platform work, such as food delivery and cleaning, to top-up lacklustre wages. A report by the University of Hertfordshire and Ipsos MORI has […]
Finance
Anna Bianca Roach – Updating Unions: Toronto Foodora Couriers are at the Front of a New Labour Movement
This may not be Europe, but to follow attempts at organisation in the gig economy, we thought we would make an exception. In the fight for unionisation within a precarious gig economy, Toronto Foodora couriers […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: We are all entrepreneurs now marching towards a precarious and impoverished future
The mainstream economists keep claiming that fiscal deficits are undermining the future standards of living of workers – an erroneous claim at best. Read here
EU politics
Rhiannon J Davies – Uber Drivers on Strike Over Company’s ‘Orgy of Greed’
Uber drivers in the United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD) branch of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) have been on strike in Glasgow, London, Birmingham, and Nottingham ahead of the company’s stock market […]
Finance
IWGB: Uber drivers plan national shutdown on 8 May before Uber IPO
Uber drivers in London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow will protest outside Uber offices on Wednesday, 8 May. Read here
Finance
The Verge: How Amazon automatically tracks and fires warehouse workers for ‘productivity’
Documents show how the company tracks and terminates workers Read here
Finance
counter punch – Guy Standing on Anxiety, Anger and Alienation: an Interview About “The Precariat”
“The primary antagonist of the traditional proletarian was the boss. The primary antagonistic of the precariat is the state. A precariat revolt (hopefully peaceful) will lead to a new distinctive distribution system.” – Guy Standing, […]