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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 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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Gig Economy

Gig Economy Project – EU member-states agree Platform Work Directive position

June 12, 2023 Ben 0

Both the platform lobby and pro-employment rights’ MEP Leïla Chaibi reacted critically to the Council’s Platform Work Directive position The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers in Europe. Click […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – Open letter from French unions and worker collectives to EU labour ministers on the ‘French model’ and the Platform Work Directive

June 7, 2023 Ben 0

Labour ministers of EU member-states are set to finalise their position on the Platform Work Directive, with reports that France – the state must opposed to strong employment rights in the Directive – now holds […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project: Co-op Cycle – Uberisation and presumption of employment: the government challenges its own coherence

May 25, 2023 Ben 0

Co-op Cycle is a federation of bike delivery co-operatives with 60 affiliated co-op’s in Europe. In this open letter, they criticise the French Government’s approach towards Uberisation and argue for strong employment rights for platform […]

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Finance

Co-op Cycle – Ubérisation et présomption de salariat : le gouvernement au défi de sa propre cohérence

May 22, 2023 Ben 0

Co-op Cycle est une fédération de coopératives de livraison à vélo qui compte 60 coopératives affiliées en Europe. Dans cette lettre ouverte, elles critiquent l’approche du gouvernement français à l’égard de l’Uberisation et plaident en […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Is Belgium’s platform work law “a dead letter”?

May 11, 2023 Ben 0

Belgium introduced a platform work law on 1 January that has so far not changed anything. Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray visited Brussels to find out what the problem is, and what lessons there […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project: Open letter – EU labour ministers: Will you work for us or for Uber?

May 9, 2023 Ben 0

Trade unions and platform worker collectives across Europe have signed the following open letter addressed to ministers of labour of the EU member-states, calling for them to support a Platform Work Directive on the Council […]

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Finance

‘The alligators’: How Croatia legitimised the role of sub-contractors in the platform economy – Interview w/ Sunčica Brnardić

April 21, 2023 Ben 0

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 […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – “We managed to reverse the balance of power”: Interview with Leïla Chaibi MEP

February 4, 2023 Ben 0

Piero Valmassoi, EU policy expert and activist at the Maison des Livreurs (House of Couriers) in Brussels, speaks to Leïla Chaibi MEP after the vote of the European Parliament on the Platform Work Directive [2 […]

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Gig Economy

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

February 2, 2023 Ben 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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