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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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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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Provisional agreement struck on Platform Work Directive

December 13, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Deal on key issue of the presumption of employment for platform workers gives member-states leeway to add more ‘indicators’. Agreement still needs to get a two-thirds majority among member-states, which could be tricky. The Gig […]

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Gig Economy Project – UK Supreme Court finds Deliveroo riders have no rights to collective bargaining because they aren’t workers

November 21, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The IWGB union say they are considering their options “under international law” after “disappointing” defeat. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers in Europe. Click here to find out more […]

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The voices of ‘The Great Delivery’, in their own words

November 11, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, journalist and platform transport policy expert, asked the participants and supporters The Great Delivery, which finished on Friday, about their experience of the unique 400 kilometre protest, and their hopes and ambitions for […]

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Gig Economy

‘La Grande Livraison (The Great Delivery)’ by European riders is delivering hope – Statement from Korean platform workers

November 6, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The Alliance for Korean Platform Workers for a better tomorrow has issued a statement in solidarity with European riders participating in ‘The Great Delivery’, a 400 kilometre journey from Paris to Brussels to demand platform […]

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Gig Economy

Gig Economy Project – Why Uber drivers in the App Drivers & Couriers Union logged-off for Gaza

October 26, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The Gig Economy Project speaks Abdurzaq Hadi, Uber driver and BAME officer for the ADCU, about why the union is among the leading voices of the British trade union movement opposing Israel’s siege of Gaza. […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘Suppressing democracy’: Flink closes in Freiburg on eve of Works Council election

October 19, 2023 Ben Wray 0

German Q-Commerce platform Flink claims it has shutdown its operations in Freiburg for “purely” economic reasons, but its sacked workers disagree. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers […]

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Gig Economy

Deliverance Milano: The “union-on-demand” for riders

October 18, 2023 Ben Wray 0

As riders’ strike in Milan this week, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray finds that Deliverance Milano, a grassroots collective launched eight years ago, remains in the thick of the struggle. The Gig Economy Project […]

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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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The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian

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Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early […]

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