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Gig Economy Project – How can the gig economy be democratised?

October 6, 2021 MDRose 0

At the first ever global forum on democratising work a range of views were heard on routes to democratising the gig economy The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Anti-Uber Tuesday: Strikes and mobilisations take place from Glasgow to Barcelona

September 28, 2021 MDRose 0

RIDE-HAIL giant Uber were hit by two mobilisations from drivers in north and south Europe on Tuesday [28 September], as UK Uber drivers demanded better conditions of employment, while in Barcelona taxi drivers resisted Uber’s […]

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Gig Economy Project – Greece: E-food concedes to riders demands in “huge victory”

September 24, 2021 MDRose 0

Major strike and consumer boycott has not only halted E-Food’s plans to stop employing the riders, it has strengthened the security of the riders’ contracts The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated […]

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Gig Economy

The City: NYC Set to Pass Food Delivery App Laws Securing Workers Minimum Pay, Bathrooms and More

September 22, 2021 MDRose 0

City lawmakers are acting to aid workers in the booming multi-billion dollar app-based food delivery industry, scheduling a vote for Thursday on a landmark slate of bills intended to ensure bathroom access, minimum pay and […]

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Gig Economy Project – Riders set to strike across Greece after viral #Cancel_EFood campaign

September 18, 2021 MDRose 0

Strike comes after thousands of customers deleted E-Food’s app in protest at plan to force all riders to become independent contractors The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – European Parliament demands EU Commission delivers rights for platform workers

September 16, 2021 MDRose 0

Overwhelming vote of MEPs in favour of a legal presumption of employment in the platform sector is non-binding, but it applies pressure on to the European Commission to deliver The Gig Economy Project, led by […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – ‘The intersectional precarity of platform cycle delivery workers’

September 14, 2021 MDRose 0

Researchers Boig and Popan show in this video how women and migrants suffer particular forms of exploitation and oppression as platform ‘riders’ The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW […]

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Reuters: Uber drivers are employees, not contractors, says Dutch court

September 13, 2021 MDRose 0

Union says ruling will give workers more pay, rights Uber says to appeal against Dutch court decision Latest setback for companies in gig economy Read here

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Economics

Gig Economy Project – Juliet Schor: New research finds transition to employment status for platform workers does not affect flexibility

September 11, 2021 MDRose 0

Gig economy author and scholar Juliet Schor presented new research which refutes a key claim of platform companies: that an employment relationship and flexibility for the worker are incompatible. The Gig Economy Project, led by […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – UK: Ocado Zoom riders set to strike over outsourcing and poverty pay

September 8, 2021 MDRose 0

Delivery workers for online retailer are hired as ‘independent contractors’ via a subcontractor, and are routinely earning under the legal minimum wage. BRAVE NEW EUROPE has contributed to the strike hardship fund and we would […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, and Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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