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Laura Olías – Three Stories of Platform Worker Exploitation

August 18, 2020 MDRose 0

Journalist Laura Olías tells the stories of Javier, Carolina and Luis, platform workers who have suffered different types of exploitation at the hands of Facebook, Amazon and Uber respectively. Originally published on ElDiario.es. The Gig […]

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Economics

Mathew Lawrence – Data and Work

August 14, 2020 MDRose 0

WORK is one of the areas of life that has been most obviously and profoundly re-shaped by the pandemic. We have experienced an unprecedented global experiment in working from home, one that employers are treating […]

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Zoro News – Just Eat to stop using gig economy workers

August 14, 2020 MDRose 0

The boss of one of the world’s biggest food delivery platforms  intends to end gig working at his company across Europe.We shall see. Read here

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The Verge: Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify drivers as employees

August 10, 2020 MDRose 0

A stunning court ruling puts Uber and Lyft in a tight spot Read here Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

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IWGB: IWGB wins worker status and rights for ‘gig economy’ CitySprint couriers once and for all

August 10, 2020 MDRose 0

City Sprint changed workers’ contracts rather than comply with a previous ruling that they were entitled to holiday pay and minimum wage. The company could now be forced to pay out thousands in unpaid holidays. […]

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black & brown – Reclaiming Work: The Cycle Couriers Subverting The Gig Economy

August 3, 2020 MDRose 0

This series of articles concerning the Gig Economy in the EU was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Lipman-Miliband Trust   Cycle courier cooperatives are turning technology on the gig economy giants. Film […]

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Ben Wray – Digital Platforms and the Pandemic: Interview with Jamie Woodcock

July 31, 2020 MDRose 0

The changing face of the gig economy Ben Wray is a freelance journalist leading BRAVE NEW EUROPE’S Gig Economy Project. He also produces a morning newsletter called Source Direct on Scottish politics, which you can […]

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Carlos Rodríguez – Spain: Uber and Corruption in Madrid 

July 28, 2020 MDRose 0

The Spanish right-wing Popular Party (PP), notorious for its corruption, now runs the regional and city council of Madrid. They are using their new-found power to liberalise the taxi sector in the Spanish capital. Unsurprisingly, […]

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Tom Vickers – Uber Supreme Court Battle: Even if Drivers Win, they need New Laws to Protect Them

July 23, 2020 MDRose 0

Pixabay, CC BY-SA Tom Vickers, Nottingham Trent University The UK supreme court has just heard an appeal from Uber that has far-reaching implications for UK drivers and the wider gig economy. Uber wants to overturn […]

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Carlos Rodríguez – Uber y la corrupción en Madrid

July 23, 2020 MDRose 0

El Partido Popular, conocido por su corrupción, ahora dirige los gobiernos regional y municipal en Madrid. Este está utilizando su nuevo poder para liberalizar el sector del taxi en la capital española. Como era de […]

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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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