Book review by Ben Wray What is the gig economy, and what isn’t? How did it come into being? How is it changing work? The Gig Economy Project reviews a new introduction to the topic. […]
There was so much going on this week we decided to do this special 6 minute flash pod to keep our listeners up to date! We’ve been tracking gig workers’ legal battles around the world […]
Across the world, Gig employers are now facing a legal reckoning in the highest courts. Alan Bogg is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Bristol Cross-posted from Oxford Human Rights Hub On 21st […]
The EU Parliament’s new recommendations on employment protection guidelines are a “complete reversal” of the positions “that have dominated the European institutions for years”, according to its architect. However, the vote is not binding on […]
The Gig is about the women and men who work in the so-called ‘gig economy’ worldwide. They find work through online platforms, and will tell us why we all need to be concerned about the […]
Although the Spanish Social Democrats have reneged on their promise to revoke neo-liberal labour laws introduced by the Right, riders and unions in the Basque Country organise to increase workers’ rights. Ben Wray is a […]
Following the first Global Workers’ Conference on 24-25 June of the Transnational Workers’ Network (TWN), Carlos Rodríguez Expósito of Taxi Project 2.0 gives his view of the strategy that can be pursued by the network […]
The platform giants are organised transnationally, so platform workers need to organise at that level too. The Gig Economy Project previews an important new initiative to co-ordinate platform workers internationally. Ben Wray is a freelance […]
Uber has been ignoring the law with impunity around the world. But is the tide turning against Uber and other ride-hailing apps? Pushed to the brink, drivers around the world have started using the law […]
For years, both Lyft and Uber have said that if they are forced to reclassify gig workers as employees that such a change would have an adverse effect on their profitability. Is anyone surprised? Read […]
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