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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.
Trade Unions
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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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 […]
EU politics
Euronews: ‘Mega strike’ in Germany: Flights, trains and buses cancelled during mass walkout on Monday
Largest strike in Germany for 30 years. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Michel Wieviorka: After Macron’s move to force through pension reform, all eyes are now on France’s trade unions
The pension strikes are helping to revive trade unionism in France as a significant political force Michel Wieviorka is a sociologist and member of the Centre for Sociological Analysis and Intervention (CADIS, EHSS-CNRS). Cross-posted from […]
Gig Economy
Víctor Riesgo Gómez – Estrategias de resistencia y acción sindical en el trabajo de plataforma: El caso de Uber en España
¿Cómo funciona el mercado de las plataformas de transporte privado en España? ¿Qué papel juegan los sindicatos en la representación de los conductores? Víctor Riesgo Gómez, sociólogo e investigador predoctoral contratado en la Universidad Nacional […]