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red pepper – Deliveroo IPO: Failure to deliver

July 9, 2021 MDRose 0

Major financial institutions have cited Deliveroo’s employment practices for its disastrous public share launch. Alice Martin and Tom Powdrill look at what went wrong and what it might mean for workers’ rights Alice Martin is […]

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Finance

Our Gig Economy Project has received funding towards a further year from the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust

July 8, 2021 MDRose 0

  The Gig Economy Project, supported by the BRAVE NEW EUROPE website, has been operating since April 2020 as a media hub to report on key developments in the gig economy in Europe, always in solidarity […]

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Finance

Dmitriy Mazorenko – Kazakhstani couriers are pushing back against the gig economy

July 7, 2021 MDRose 0

Workers pushed into unstable jobs by the pandemic are fighting against repressive local rules to set up their own trade union Dmitriy Mazorenko is the editor of Kazakhstan independent online media Vlast.kz, and researches capitalism, […]

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Robert Ovetz – Why no contracts can be an advantage in gig worker organising

July 1, 2021 MDRose 0

Robert Ovetz argues that the lack of contractual rules governing platform workers could actually be an advantage for organised gig workers, who are increasingly relying on maximum disruption of the capital accumulation process. This piece […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – Basque riders included in hospitality collective bargaining agreement

June 30, 2021 MDRose 0

Agreement is the first time digital platform workers in Spain have been included in a broader collective bargaining agreement, and could be a model to follow across the State after the passing of the ‘Riders […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Uber cuts pay of longest serving drivers in the UK just one month after union agreement

June 28, 2021 MDRose 0

Uber seeks to claw back costs from accepting worker status for UK drivers by increasing its commission paid by its longest-serving drivers The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW […]

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Finance

Robert Ovetz – The case for self-organised workers struggle in the gig economy

June 24, 2021 MDRose 0

Robert Ovetz makes the case for self-organised models of struggle, identifying examples from Europe and the US where gig workers are finding innovative and effective ways of applying pressure directly onto platform companies and building […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – Bolt drivers strike in the UK demanding company respects Supreme Court ruling

June 20, 2021 MDRose 0

Bolt drivers demand worker status, an end to unfair dismissals and an extra £2 per mile in 24 hour strike The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling […]

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Economics

Robert Ovetz – Prop 22 and the choice between advocacy and lobbying or organising for control over work

June 16, 2021 MDRose 0

Robert Ovetz explores Prop 22 in California and recent attempts to strike deals between gig companies and unions in New York and Seattle, arguing that strategies which prioritise lobbying & advocacy over the self-activity and […]

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European Commission: Bad news for Gig Workers

June 16, 2021 MDRose 0

This does not look good, as it appear that the commission is planning to classify gig workers in a different category from normal workers in order to support platform corporations. Read here

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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

June 11, 2026 0

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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