European Parliament now must negotiate its mandate with the Council of the EU, which has yet to agree its position THE European Parliament has voted in favour of a text which would see the presumption […]
Piero Valmassoi, a policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, reports for the Gig Economy Project on the debate of the European Parliament on Uber lobbying practices on Wednesday [18 January], […]
Greta Thunberg joined the strike protest in central Stockholm demanding improvements to pay and union representation AROUND 500 Uber and Bolt drivers went on strike in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, on Tuesday [10 January], a […]
Interview with the authors of new report “Workers’ Recommendations on the draft EU Platform Work Directive” in podcast and text form THE Platform Work Directive has reached a crucial stage. The European Parliament’s Employment Committee […]
Union leaders and campaigners for gig workers’ rights say attempt to introduce collective agreements as a substitute for legal provisions in the EU Directive demonstrates how bad agreements can be used by platforms to undermine […]
Anne Dufresne, activist for gig workers’ rights and member of the GRESEA research group, gives a critical perspective on Uber’s recognition agreement with Belgian union UBT-FGTB, the first such agreement in the EU. A longer […]
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 […]
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 […]
Copenhagen food delivery courier Rasmus Emil Hjorth claims his account was terminated at Wolt for trade union organising A courier and trade union activist in Copenhagen, Denmark has had his account terminated by Wolt for […]
Anne Dufresne and Bruno Bauraind, researchers at GRESEA, find that the new “Taxi Plan” for Brussels, which came into effect on 21 October and is aimed at resolving continual conflict between Uber and taxis since […]
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