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Laura Carrer: “A system for the desperate” – How Uber Italy worked with intermediary firms to exploit riders

April 7, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Journalist Laura Carrer examines a Milan trial of Uber Italy and two intermediary companies which revealed the “double level of exploitation and subjugation” that a hired group of riders were subjected to in Milan, Rome […]

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The Gig Economy Project – Basque union establishes domestic workers section and seeks first collective agreement

April 2, 2022 Ben Wray 0

The new domestic workers section of the LAB union in the Basque Country is a first, and the union told the Gig Economy Project that they are “attentive” to the growth of digital labour platforms […]

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Gig Economy Project – “This strike is about survival”: UK Stuart Delivery couriers revolt reaches 100th day

April 1, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Stuart Delivery couriers in eight towns and cities in the north of England remain on strike after their pay was slashed in December The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE […]

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Gig Economy Project – “The fuel price is up, the delivery price is down”: Belfast food delivery couriers strike

March 23, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Belfast couriers from Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat join forces in a Northern Irish first to demand a minimum income guarantee The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW […]

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Gig Economy Project – As fuel costs surge, gig workers reach “breaking point”

March 18, 2022 Ben Wray 0

For private hire drivers and food delivery couriers in the gig economy who have to pay for the costs of their own vehicle, surging fuel prices are pushing them to the brink. The Gig Economy […]

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Riders’ Rights Concern Group: Why Europeans should care about the struggle of FoodPanda couriers in Hong Kong

March 16, 2022 Ben Wray 0

The Riders’ Rights Concern Group, a labour group dedicated to food delivery workers’ rights in Hong Kong, writes for The Gig Economy Project about the FoodPanda dispute in HK, and what it says about the […]

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Gig Economy Project – Uber and FreeNow rated just 1 out of 10 in German Fair Work Platform Ratings

February 27, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Gorillas rated 2/10 and Amazon Flex 3/10, while Lieferando and Wolt receive 7/10 The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling us to provide analysis, updates, ideas, and […]

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The Gig Economy Project – French union and MEP call on parent company La Poste to intervene in Stuart Delivery dispute

February 22, 2022 Ben Wray 0

CGT: “What the Post Office is trying to do through Stuart Delivery is to impose a new social model on the whole group” The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE […]

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Gig Economy Project – Half of EU platform workers have hourly earnings below the minimum wage, survey finds

February 18, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Survey finds that there are 12 million platform workers in the EU, 3 million of which do platform work as their main source of income The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated […]

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Gig Economy Project – Barcelona taxistas in “anti-gag” march against Uber 

February 10, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Elité Taxi faces the potential of a crippling fine from the Catalan Competition Authority, after Uber complained of anti-competitive conduct including “acts of boycott, aggressive and denigrating practices” The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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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

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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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