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El llamado de Bruselas: Propuesta del Foro sobre Alternativas a la Uberización 21-22 de febrero de 2024

February 29, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Tras el cuarto foro Transnacional Alternativas a la Uberización, que tuvo lugar los días 21 y 22 de febrero de 2024, algunas de las organizaciones participantes del movimiento de trabajadores de plataformas han preparado la […]

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Social Democratic MEP calls out German Chancellor over Platform Work Directive: ‘Which side are you on?’

February 27, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Debate in the European Parliament comes as hope is revived that a platform work regulation deal could be struck before the end of the parliamentary term. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE […]

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Ben Wray – Uber Boss Makes Shocking Admission Over ‘Algorithmic Wage Discrimination’

February 14, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Uber’s CEO admitted that the company changes its drivers pay based on their “behavioural patterns”, after years of denials of the controversial policy which has been called “algorithmic wage discrimination”.’ In Novara Media. Read the […]

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Gig Economy Project: UK Valentine’s Day strike: Interview with Rafael, rider and strike organiser

February 13, 2024 Ben Wray 1

A Valentine’s Day strike across the UK looks set to shutdown the operations of food delivery platforms like Uber Eats and Deliveroo for the second time in two weeks. The Gig Economy Project spoke to […]

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Ben Wray – In Europe, Platform Workers Are Winning Limited Protections

February 12, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Review of Leïla Chaibi MEP’s new book, ‘Pirate MEP: How I infiltrated the European Machine’, which explains what it’s like to be a left activist in the heart of Brussels and her fight for a […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘A middle finger to the apps’: UK sees historic riders’ strike

February 3, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Powerful grassroots-organised strike saw customers complaining they couldn’t access the app and Deliveroo’s ‘dark kitchens’ shutdown. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers in Europe. Click here to find out […]

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Gig Economy Project – Portugal: from Uber’s test tube to a leader in platform workers’ rights?

February 2, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Portugal’s labour code reform could deliver much needed workers’ rights to the country’s gig economy, but legal and political uncertainty remains. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers […]

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Gig Economy Project – Permanently on the fence: Germany criticised for abstaining on EU platform work regulation for 2 years

January 24, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The continual abstention of the EU’s largest country is proving decisive in shaping the delicate balance of power among member-states over gig work regulation. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network […]

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Finance

Piero Valmassoi – Riders’ accidents in Belgium: more exposed, less covered

December 20, 2023 Ben Wray 0

An in-depth analysis of food delivery accidents and accident insurance in Belgium. Piero Valmassoi is a journalist and a platform transport policy expert in Brussels, Belgium. This article was originally published by Econospheres in French. […]

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Workers, algorithms & the EU: Interview with Aída Ponce Del Castillo

December 18, 2023 Ben Wray 0

What does the AI Act and the algorithmic management section of the Platform Work Directive mean for AI in the workplace? The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers […]

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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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Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray by Nat Dyer

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Book Review by Branko Milanović This is an extraordinarily difficult book to review. Not because the main thesis is unclear or because it is written in a too complex way but because it combines, in […]

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