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Gig Economy Project – Czech Republic tried to include collective agreements as substitute for legal provisions in EU Platform Work Directive

December 2, 2022 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Finance

Anne Dufresne: Uber’s social dialogue deal with the UBT-FGTB union in Belgium

November 22, 2022 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Uber, drivers and data: Can workers build data power?

November 17, 2022 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Data power in the gig economy: Interview with data expert Jessica Pidoux

November 17, 2022 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Gig Economy Project – Wolt: Trade union activist has account terminated for “taking every opportunity to criticise”

November 11, 2022 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Anne Dufresne, Bruno Bauraind – The new “taxi plan” in Brussels: Towards an Uberisation of the sector?

November 4, 2022 Ben Wray 0

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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Corruption

Gig Economy Project – Piero Valmassoi: MacGann’s testimony stung Uber, but will it make any difference?

October 26, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, a policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, reports from the European Parliament on Uber whistleblower Mark MacGann’s hearing, finding that his revelations will not count for much if […]

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Corruption

Gig Economy Project – The platform lobby in Brussels: 5 things you need to know

October 24, 2022 Ben Wray 0

A new study takes an in-depth look at the platform lobby in Brussels in wake of the Uber Files scandal, finding they are more deeply entrenched than ever The battle over the EU Platform Work […]

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Gig Economy Project – Wolt couriers wildcat strike in Denmark

October 10, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Wolt denies claim that it offered a bike cargo full of soda instead of a wage rise when striking riders came to their office in Copenhagen The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was […]

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Gig Economy

Archie Mellor, Rasmus Emil Hjorth: Why internationalism matters for food delivery organising

October 6, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Archie Mellor from the IWGB couriers’ branch in the UK and Rasmus Emil Hjorth from the Wolt Workers’ Group in Denmark make the case for food delivery couriers sharing their experiences with one another across […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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