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Gig Economy Project – Calls for new EU Directive to protect workers from AI and algorithmic power

July 9, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

A webinar exploring ‘what does it means to have an algorithm as your manager?’ has heard calls for a new EU Directive specifically aimed at employment protections and rights from the increasingly pervasive role of […]

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Our Gig Economy Project has received funding towards a further year from the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust

July 8, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

  The Gig Economy Project, supported by the BRAVE NEW EUROPE website, has been operating since April 2020 as a media hub to report on key developments in the gig economy in Europe, always in solidarity […]

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Robert Ovetz – Why no contracts can be an advantage in gig worker organising

July 1, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Robert Ovetz argues that the lack of contractual rules governing platform workers could actually be an advantage for organised gig workers, who are increasingly relying on maximum disruption of the capital accumulation process. This piece […]

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Gig Economy Project – Basque riders included in hospitality collective bargaining agreement

June 30, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Agreement is the first time digital platform workers in Spain have been included in a broader collective bargaining agreement, and could be a model to follow across the State after the passing of the ‘Riders […]

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Robert Ovetz – The case for self-organised workers struggle in the gig economy

June 24, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Robert Ovetz makes the case for self-organised models of struggle, identifying examples from Europe and the US where gig workers are finding innovative and effective ways of applying pressure directly onto platform companies and building […]

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Gig Economy Project – Bolt drivers strike in the UK demanding company respects Supreme Court ruling

June 20, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Bolt drivers demand worker status, an end to unfair dismissals and an extra £2 per mile in 24 hour strike The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling […]

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Gig Economy Project – Discrimination of cloudworkers in the global south is rife on digital platforms, report finds

June 15, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Online gig workers in the global south receive lower pay and less work due to discrimination from clients largely based in the global north, with no legal recourse, a new study of Cloudwork platforms has […]

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Gig Economy Project – When platforms co-opt gig workers to their cause: Understanding Spain’s anti-labour movement of riders

June 1, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Podcast with José Domingo Roselló of the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling us to provide analysis, updates, ideas, and reports […]

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Gig Economy Project – Britain: Grassroots unions question the value for drivers in GMB’s formal recognition agreement with Uber

May 27, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The UK union GMB has signed a formal recognition agreement with ride-hail giant Uber, in what is a global first for the company, but grassroots unions which represent Uber drivers have questioned what exactly the […]

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Gig Economy Project – Ola, Bolt, and Amazon Flex given zero rating in UK Fair Work study

May 25, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

A study by the Fair Work Foundation which rates platform giants against a check-list of fair work standards has found that Ola, Bolt and Amazon Flex met none of the fair work requirements, achieving a […]

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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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