Economics
Jacobin: It’s Not Just the Gig Economy — Precarious Work Is Everywhere
A new study finds insecurity and precariousness is widespread across the economy. Read the article HERE.
Gig Economy
Finance
‘The alligators’: How Croatia legitimised the role of sub-contractors in the platform economy – Interview w/ Sunčica Brnardić
What role do sub-contractors play in the platform economy? Can they really be considered employers? The Gig Economy Project spoke to trade unionist and labour law expert Sunčica Brnardić to explore the Croatian case, where […]
Gig Economy
Anna-Elisabeth Hampel, Eva Luise Krause: What our research reveals about platform work, and how it should be regulated
The ‘Equal opportunities in platform work’ (‘Chancengerechte Plattformarbeit’) project released two studies in February and March on the relationship between platform work and social exclusion/participation. The authors write for the Gig Economy Project summarising their […]
Gig Economy
Anna-Elisabeth Hampel, Eva Luise Krause: Was unsere Forschung über Plattformarbeit zeigt und wie sie reguliert werden sollte
Das Projekt “Chancengerechte Plattformarbeit” hat im Februar und März zwei Studien über die Beziehung zwischen Plattformarbeit und sozialer Ausgrenzung/Partizipation veröffentlicht. Die Autorinnen schreiben für das Gig Economy Project, fassen ihre Ergebnisse zusammen und erläutern, was […]
Finance
#ReWolt: Why are Wolt strikes spreading across Europe?
Strikes at Wolt have taken place in at least eight European countries since the start of the year, with four occurring in the past week. Why are the riders taking action now? The Gig Economy […]
Finance
Christopher Leach – Worker resistance and the gig economy: lessons from the Sheffield courier strike
For eight months, platform workers in Sheffield organised the longest strike in the history of the gig economy. History and Politics student Christopher Leach spoke to striking platform workers as part of a Sheffield Undergraduate […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Organising from the bottom-up: Inside Brussels’ House of Couriers
The House of Couriers opened in December to aid rider-organising in the Belgian capital. The Gig Economy Project went to the House of Couriers to speak to two of its main organisers to find out […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Spanish study finds Uber, Bolt and Cabify charge customers more in poor neighbourhoods than rich ones
First-of-its-kind study also claims that private hire platforms in Spain indirectly price fix and break labour laws. Read the full report in English here. A ground-breaking study examining the algorithms of private hire platforms in […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Flink: As bad as Gorillas?
Two Flink couriers and Works Council founders have been fired, ostensibly for speaking publicly about poor working conditions. Is Flink any better than the scandal-ridden and now-defunct Gorillas? And does German labour law really protect […]
Gig Economy
Víctor Riesgo Gómez – Strategies of resistance and trade union action in platform work: The case of Uber in Spain
How does the private hire platform market operate in Spain? And what role are trade unions playing in seeking to represent drivers? Víctor Riesgo Gómez, a sociologist and predoctoral contract researcher at Universidad Nacional de […]