The tide seems to be turning concerning the Gig Economy in Britain. Workers, supported by the unions, are winning one court case after the other to be recgonised for what they are: employees. Wren-Lewis looks at the current conflict in London with Über. Are we seeing the beginning of the end to Silicon Valley Capitalism in the UK?
EU politics
Sven Giegold: Commission Proposal on Company Law: Promotional Programme for Tax and Social Dumping in Europe
Wasn’t the EU being reformed? The question is for whose benefit? It looks like the same old EU policy of serving the interests of corporations at the cost of its citizens. Read here
Economics
Thomas Piketty: Europe, migrants and trade
Thomas Piketty looks at Europes´s failed immigration policy Read here
Finance
Trades Union Congress (TUC): Boom in gig economy workers shows struggle to make ends meet
Growing numbers of workers are turning to often insecure and badly paid platform work, such as food delivery and cleaning, to top-up lacklustre wages. A report by the University of Hertfordshire and Ipsos MORI has […]
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