EU politics
Grace Blakeley: The dark side of the UK’s jobs boom
A financialised economy and weak trade unions mean record employment has done little to increase workers’ pay. Read here
Gig Economy
Corruption
ITUC: “E-commerce” push at WTO threatens to undermine labour standards
The ITUC has warned that new trade rules currently being tabled would place severe restrictions on governments’ ability to regulate in the interests of working people. The proposals, which come under the banner of the […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell – British labour market – rise in self-employment driving growth
“The proportion of self-employed who are working part-time has risen from 17.6 per cent in the June-quarter 1992 to 30.1 per cent in the November-quarter 2018.” This is something that could well be relevant for […]
Finance
Jean Tirole – Regulating the disrupters
Digitization represents a marvellous opportunity for our societies; but it also introduces new dangers, while amplifying others Read here
Finance
Maite Tapia, Lowell Turner, Salil R. Sapre – Can millennials save the labour movement?
Young workers are less likely than older workers to be union members even though they may have a more favourable view of unions. Maite Tapia, Lowell Turner and Salil R. Sapre argue that unions can be […]
Finance
Evgeny Morozov: From Airbnb to city bikes, the ‘sharing economy’ has been seized by big business
To flourish, the informal digital networks providing new services needed to be protected from the market Read here
EU politics
Basic Income Network Italia – The linguistic scam of Italy’s ‘citizenship income’
Outside of Italy there is hardly any real information concerning the policies of the new Lega/5 Star Movement coalition. In this article Roberto Ciccarelli claims that the 5 Star Movement´s citizenship income is Germany´s neo-liberal Hartz […]
Economics
Ivan Manokha – Britain: Opposing labour market Uberculosis
Uber is appealing the ruling in Britain that its drivers deserve workers’ rights. Meanwhile its drivers show strike action is possible against ‘platform capitalism’. Ivan Manokha is a departmental lecturer in the Oxford Department of […]
EU politics
Pacific Standard: Here’s Why UberEats Couriers Went on Strike in the U.K. This Month
An organizer with a couriers union discusses the ongoing campaign to improve the gig economy. Read here
EU politics
Len McCluskey – Britain: Young Workers know they’re being ripped off – and that unions are the answer
Last weeks global food strikes in Britain show young workers get what trade unionism is about – and bringing are new forms of digital organisation into play. Len McCluskey is General Secretary of Unite, Britain’s […]