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Gig Economy Project – ‘The intersectional precarity of platform cycle delivery workers’

September 14, 2021 MDRose 0

Researchers Boig and Popan show in this video how women and migrants suffer particular forms of exploitation and oppression as platform ‘riders’ The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW […]

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Economics

Gig Economy Project – Juliet Schor: New research finds transition to employment status for platform workers does not affect flexibility

September 11, 2021 MDRose 0

Gig economy author and scholar Juliet Schor presented new research which refutes a key claim of platform companies: that an employment relationship and flexibility for the worker are incompatible. The Gig Economy Project, led by […]

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Gig Economy Project – UK: Ocado Zoom riders set to strike over outsourcing and poverty pay

September 8, 2021 MDRose 0

Delivery workers for online retailer are hired as ‘independent contractors’ via a subcontractor, and are routinely earning under the legal minimum wage. BRAVE NEW EUROPE has contributed to the strike hardship fund and we would […]

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Gig Economy Project – EU Commission and platform worker regulation: 10 meetings with platform companies, none with unions or workers

September 1, 2021 MDRose 0

In a Gig Economy Project exclusive, we reveal the lobbying influence of digital labour platforms over the Commission’s plans for regulating platform work The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE […]

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Gig Economy Project – Barcelona: Union postpones second wave of riders strike as Glovo requests negotiations

September 1, 2021 MDRose 0

After ignoring the union’s demands for a week and operating a failed bid to break the strike, Glovo has come to the negotiating table The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Organising riders in Barcelona: Interview with CCOO’s Carmen Juares

August 28, 2021 MDRose 0

Carmen Juares has been leading CCOO’s organising of a historic 9-day strike of Glovo riders in Barcelona. Speaking to the Gig Economy Project, Juares says that the big unions “need to be willing to step […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Barcelona: Glovo ‘dark supermarket’ riders begin unprecedented strike action

August 25, 2021 MDRose 0

First official strike in the app-based food delivery sector in Spain begins, with five Glovo ‘dark supermarkets’ in Barcelona said to be “paralysed” by the action The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was […]

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Finance

Bama Athreya – USA: The defeat of Prop 22 is a victory for gig workers everywhere

August 20, 2021 MDRose 0

Bama Athreya, host of The Gig Podcast, finds that the decision of a Californian judge to over-turn the anti-worker Prop 22 vote in California is testament to the perseverance of union organisers refusing to give in […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Organizando a los riders en Barcelona: Entrevista con Carmen Juares de CCOO Catalunya

August 20, 2021 MDRose 0

Carmen Juares ha liderado la organización por parte de CCOO de la histórica huelga de 9 días de los riders de Glovo en Barcelona. En una entrevista con The Gig Economy Project, Jaures afirma que […]

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Gig Economy Project – The pandemic and the gig economy in global perspective: Interview with Kelle Howson

August 17, 2021 MDRose 0

How has the pandemic changed the gig economy? The Gig Economy Project spoke to Fair Work researcher Kelle Howson to find out. This interview is available as a podcast and text. The Gig Economy Project, […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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