Finance
The Guardian: Gig economy demands raise Uber and Amazon drivers’ risk of crashing
The Gig Economy has little interest in safety or well being of its non-employees and customers, just their share price. Read here
Gig Economy
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – On the Deep State – an audio essay in seven parts
Is there a Deep State in our western liberal democracies? If so, is it a conspiracy or something more ‘interesting’ than that? These are questions that the Left has been traditionally engaged with, especially when facing […]
Finance
New York Times: New York City Caps Uber and Lyft Vehicles in a Crackdown
The continuing saga of governments trying to contain the excesses of the gig economy. Read here
EU politics
Reuters: Italy passes law targeting temporary work, firms moving abroad
It will be interesting how far the 5-Star Movement fulfils its promises and how Italian companies react, should that be the case. Read here
Deregulation
Lucas S. Ferro, Sergi Cutillas , Toni Pérez – The taxi strike in Barcelona: the right to work versus the fake sharing economy
Taxi drivers in Madrid and Barcelona temporarily terminated their strike Wednesday night. The decision was made following an emergency meeting between national and regional authorities concerning Über and Cabify, which the taxi sectors views as […]
Economics
Carys Roberts – Jeff Bezos’s fortune has come at the expense of workers and society not receiving their fair share
The richest man in the world did not get there alone; his wealth is created by the exploitation of Amazon’s millions of workers, suppliers and consumers. By Carys Roberts, Senior Economist at IPPR and an […]
EU politics
Aditya Chakrabortty: The cleaners who won fair wages and a way to belong
Outsourcing has never been evaluated beyond the financial cost, and even then it has proven not to be cheaper than in house sevices. Aditya Chakrabortty provides an example of whathas been lost, but can be […]
Gig Economy
cnet: Amazon workers in Europe go on strike during Prime Day
It is encouraging to see workers in three EU nations (Poland, Spain, and Germany) going on strike simultaneously against the monopolist Amazon. Let us hope that workers from other countries will join in in the […]
Economics
Steve Parfitt – Two tiny but mighty new trade unions offer UK a better way to ‘take back control’
Eyes On Rights / flickr, CC BY-NC-SA Steven Parfitt, Loughborough University Many people in the UK interpret “take back control” as “close the borders”. But there are other ways for people to restore their communities […]
Finance
The Guardian: The tiny union beating the gig economy giants
A grassroots fightback is helping to win basic rights for couriers, cleaners and other workers on zero-hours contracts. And the IWGB is showing how unions can thrive again. Read here