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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.
Gig Economy
Finance
Ben Wray – “Gigification”: The Future of Work?
An exploration of the consequences of the gig economy for autonomy and freedom at work. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and researcher based in the Basque Country, Spain. He is co-author of ‘Scotland after […]
Deregulation
BBC – Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK
The UK Government seems cock-a-hoop for robo-taxis, despite the destructive consequences for jobs, congestion and potentially road safety. Read the article HERE.
Gig Economy
Rasmus Emil Hjorth – A gig worker’s view on the ILO conference 2024
Rasmus Emil Hjorth, a food delivery courier in Copenhagen and trade union activist in the Madbudenes Organisation, writes about his experience at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference 2024, which finished on Friday [14 June]. […]
Gig Economy
Rebel’s Guide to the Gig Economy – Are gig workers their ‘own boss’?
A Rebel’s Guide to the Gig Economy is a series of podcasts by journalist Ben Wray and researcher Marini Thorne which gets behind the tech jargon and the CEO propaganda to examine the reality of […]
Finance
A Rebel’s Guide to the Gig Economy – What is the algorithm?
A Rebel’s Guide to the Gig Economy is a series of podcasts by journalist Ben Wray and researcher Marini Thorne which gets behind the tech jargon and the CEO propaganda to examine the reality of […]
Gig Economy
As the Platform Work Directive passes, is Just Eat turning its back on employing its riders?
A dispute over job cuts in Paris has turned into an international movement of Just Eat riders, who accuse the company’s CEO of saying one thing in public and doing another in practice. The Gig […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Podcast: Will the Platform Work Directive work?
The Gig Economy Project speaks to gig economy experts Antonio Aloisi, Tim Christiaens and Jessica Pidoux about the EU’s new regulation of platform work. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project: Podcast – The Brussels Appeal: Building the platform workers’ movement
The Gig Economy Project speaks to three food delivery activists and organisers from Austria, Spain and Belgium about the working conditions of riders, resistance to the platforms and the barriers to political solutions. The Gig […]
Gig Economy
The Brussels Appeal: Proposal from the Forum on Alternatives to Uberisation, 21-22 February 2024
Following the fourth Transnational Alternatives to Uberisation forum, which took place 21-22 February 2024, some of the participant organisations of the platform workers’ movement have prepared the following statement – The Brussels Appeal – to […]