Corruption
Gig Economy
Economics
Caitlin Johnstone – Under Capitalism It’s Legal For Employers To Steal From Employees
Workers remain a repressed and exploited group. Caitlin Johnstone is a reader-supported independent journalist from Melbourne, Australia. Her political writings can be found on Medium. Articles are re-posted from Caitlins Newsletter. Cross-posted from Caitlin Johnstone’s Substack Doordash […]
Economics
Ben Wray/Gig Economy Project – What Mamdani’s DoorDash wage theft crackdown teaches us
Zohran Mamdani: “DoorDash had underpaid more than 260K delivery workers across New York City. Today, after years of corporate greed and impunity, we are holding DoorDash to account” Ben Wray is the Coordinator and Researcher […]
Gig Economy
Kings Korodi – Scored and Silenced: How Algorithmic Systems Govern Kenya’s Content Moderators
The workers who are moderating the content on social media are working in conditions of extreme labour exploitation. Based on detailed survey evidence with content moderators in Nairobi, Kenya, this report reveals some of the […]
Finance
Johan Alfonsson et al – How Gig Capitalism Came to Thrive in Nordic Labour Markets
‘Platform companies haven’t overthrown Nordic labor institutions. But they have navigated around them, growing by exploiting the Nordic model’s uneven and conditional protections.’ In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Gig Economy
Ben Wray – Platform work is dangerous
A study for the European Trade Union Confederation examines what health & safety risks platform workers face in Europe and how to tackle them. Read the report HERE.
Economics
Ben Wray – Unprofitable Convenience
On the rapid rise and fall of Europe’s specialist grocery delivery apps. In ‘Strange Matters’. Read the article HERE.
Gig Economy
Alberto ‘Tito’ Álvarez – Barça’s deal with Uber is the club selling its soul
F.C. Barcelona announced last week that it had signed a deal for ridehail giant Uber to be its mobility partner, leading to uproar from many fans. Alberto ‘Tito’ Álvarez is leader of the Élite Taxi […]
Gig Economy
Alberto ‘Tito’ Álvarez – El acuerdo del Barça con Uber es la venta del alma del club
El F.C. Barcelona anunció la semana pasada la firma de un acuerdo con Uber, el gigante de los VTC, para ser su socio de movilidad, lo que provocó la indignación de muchos aficionados. Alberto «Tito» […]
Gig Economy
María José Carmona – Lies and deceit in precarious logistics work in the Netherlands
Spanish migrants are hired by temporary employment agencies to work in the Netherlands’ sprawling logistics hub, only to find that the reality of their working and living conditions is not what they were promised. María […]