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Víctor Riesgo Gómez – Estrategias de resistencia y acción sindical en el trabajo de plataforma: El caso de Uber en España

March 9, 2023 Ben Wray 0

¿Cómo funciona el mercado de las plataformas de transporte privado en España? ¿Qué papel juegan los sindicatos en la representación de los conductores? Víctor Riesgo Gómez, sociólogo e investigador predoctoral contratado en la Universidad Nacional […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Gendered digital labour: Interview with Al James

March 7, 2023 Ben Wray 0

On International Women’s Day, the Gig Economy Project speaks to Professor Al James about his research on the experience of female workers in the online gig economy. Interview available as a podcast and in text […]

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Finance

Tech Won’t Save Us: What new EU rules might mean for gig workers

March 6, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Paris Marx, host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, is joined by Ben Wray, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator, to discuss the fight to win a pro-worker Platform Work Directive in the European Union, Uber’s […]

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Gig Economy Project – Berlin: A new solidarity fund will combat “wage theft” in labour disputes

March 2, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The PayDay e.V. fund in Berlin has been established to counter the threat of wage theft as a tool for union-busting The Gig Economy Project is a media network for gig workers hosted by BRAVE […]

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Miriam Oliver, Georgia Nelson – The women behind ChatGPT: is clickwork a step forwards or backwards for gender equality?

February 16, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The success of ChatGPT has led many to herald ‘the age of AI’. But behind artificial intelligence like ChatGPT are clickworkers in the global South who are disproportionately female. Writing for the Gig Economy Project, […]

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Gig Economy Project – Is ‘dynamic pricing’ ripping-off gig workers?

February 7, 2023 Ben Wray 0

What is dynamic pricing? And why is it “dangerous” for gig workers? On the day of co-ordinated protests of Uber drivers in London and Amsterdam for fair pay, the Gig Economy Project takes a look. […]

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Gig Economy Project – Defeat for the platform lobby: European Parliament backs stronger Platform Work Directive

February 2, 2023 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Piero Valmassoi – Uber and EU lobbying: is there a way to keep the baby and throw out the bathwater?

January 19, 2023 Ben Wray 0

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], […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘Game over Uber’: Stockholm Uber and Bolt drivers in first-ever strike

January 11, 2023 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Finance

Algorithms, Work and the European Directive – Interview with James Farrar and Sergi Cutillas

December 19, 2022 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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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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