Solutions
France 24 – Workers take to the streets in worldwide May Day protests
Round-up of May Day protests from across the world. Read the article HERE.
Trade Unions
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Why Uber drivers in the App Drivers & Couriers Union logged-off for Gaza
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. […]
Finance
Los riders sin papeles: Migrants tell their story from undocumented food delivery couriers to trade union organisers
How do undocumented workers make a living in the food delivery sector? How can trade unions recruit migrant gig workers and ensure decent working conditions for all riders? The Gig Economy Project spoke to Paola […]
EU politics
David Jamieson – Ukraine viewed from Mount Olympus
The politics of internationalism from above does not serve workers anywhere, it only builds bridges between them and their exploiters. David Jamieson is a journalist and editor of Scottish anti-capitalist website Conter. Cross-posted from Conter. […]
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – As Getir’s empire rapidly shrinks, workers plot a global strike
The Turkish grocery delivery platform’s problems are generating steep lay-offs and deteriorating working conditions for those who remain, pushing workers to get organised internationally. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network […]
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – Has Austria’s collective bargaining system tamed the food delivery platforms? Interview with Robert Walasinski
The Gig Economy Project speaks to Robert Walasinski about whether the emergence of the food delivery sector in Austria has disrupted the country’s traditional system of collective bargaining. Interview available as a podcast or in […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Is Belgium’s platform work law “a dead letter”?
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 […]
Uncategorized
AP – May Day: World’s workers rally, France sees pension anger
Report in AP on May Day protests across the world, focusing on France, where workers continue to resist President Macron’s new pension law. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Ben Wray – May Day: Labour and Platform Capital in Europe
For International Workers Day, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray finds that digital labour platforms are responding to the inflation crisis by finding new algorithmic means to ratchet up the rate of exploitation, but platform […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Benedikt Hopmann: Germany’s restrictions on the right to strike have their roots in the Nazi-era
Benedikt Hopmann is the lawyer for three Gorillas app-based grocery delivery workers in Berlin, who were fired in 2021 after participating in a wildcat strike. On Tuesday [25 April], the workers challenged their dismissal on […]