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Ben Wray – Negotiating the Algorithm: Trade Union Manual
New study for the European Trade Union Confederation answers the following questions: Access the manual HERE.
Data
Climate Crisis
João Camargo – Corrupting the Future: The Sines 4.0 Data Centre That Collapsed Portugal’s Government
The scandal which brought down Portugal’s government holds lesson about the energy transition and so much more. João Camargo is a climate activist in grassroots movement Climaximo in Portugal and in the Climate Jobs campaign. […]
Solutions
Evgeny Morozov – The Santiago Boys
The Santiago Boys is a nine-part podcast about a group of radical utopians around Salvador Allende, Chile’s socialist president. Undeterred by the Cold War and machinations of their enemies and aided by an eccentric British consultant, […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Uber, drivers and data: Can workers build data power?
Can workers access their data and use it to build their power? The Gig Economy Project looks at a fascinating case study from Geneva, Switzerland, to find out. Every worker in Europe has the right […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Data power in the gig economy: Interview with data expert Jessica Pidoux
The Gig Economy Project speaks to Jessica Pidoux, director of PersonalData.IO, about her critique of data in the platform economy and how gig workers can use data tools to build workers’ power (in podcast and […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Private hire platform makes claim about Catalan politicians’ passenger data in advert against new regulation
Cabify’s advertising campaign against the Decree Law raises concerns about how platform-controlled data can be a “danger to democracy”, according to Leïla Chaibi MEP The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by […]