Corruption
Mariana Mazzucato: Let’s make private data into a public good
This is one of the best and compact articles concerning the internet monopolists published. It ticks almost all the boxes. Read here
Gig Economy
Economics
Business Insider: The ‘supply-and-demand model of labor markets is fundamentally broken,’ and that’s why you’re not getting a pay raise anytime soon
Part-time “underemployment” has, statistically replaced the mass unemployment we remember from the 1980s. As Johnson says: “A majority of people who are classified as poor now live in a household where someone is in work. […]
EU politics
The Guardian: Union wins first round in Deliveroo high court employment challenge
They have a long way to go, but this is truly good news. Read here
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Commission protects AirBnB lobby paper as “commercial secret”
It is no surprise that online rental platform AirBnB and its allies would prefer to keep their controversial political demands to the European Commission private. But it is a disgrace to see the Commission oblige […]
Deregulation
Tom Hunt – Building up the bundle of sticks. New ideas for union organising
If there are to be progressive changes in European society, unions will play a major role. Following decades of neo-liberal policy they are seriously weakend. To make matters worse, many tend to be reactionary, expecially […]
EU politics
Wil Chivers, Helen Blakely, and Steve Davies – Young people are leading a growing movement against low pay and precarious work
TGI Friday’s employees are joined by McStrikers during a demo in Covent Garden. Wil Chivers, Author provided Wil Chivers, Cardiff University; Helen Blakely, Cardiff University, and Steve Davies Strikes have taken place at […]
EU politics
Owen Jones: Talk to Deliveroo couriers. See a dystopia that could be your future
The gig economy via tech platforms have become the epitomy of modern worker exploitation. How workers are fighting back. Read here
Corruption
Nick Dearden: Big tech companies are trying to rewrite the rules to get your data
Dearden addresses all destructive march of tech companies through our societies and how they are using politicians to stop us from stopping them. Read here
Economics
Daniel Randall – Why class still matters: a reply to Paul Mason
This article is a response to Paul Mason’s recent essay ‘Labour must become the party of people who want to change the world, not just Britain’, in which he argues that there can no longer […]
Austerity
Larry Elliot: Some praise our gig economy flexibility. I call it exploitation
While Silicon Valley cannot praise the gig economy enough as a great opportunity, they forget to add that it is a great opportunity for them to earn money, not the workers. Read here