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Ben Wray – Uber Boss Makes Shocking Admission Over ‘Algorithmic Wage Discrimination’

February 14, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Uber’s CEO admitted that the company changes its drivers pay based on their “behavioural patterns”, after years of denials of the controversial policy which has been called “algorithmic wage discrimination”.’ In Novara Media. Read the […]

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Gig Economy

The national riders’ strike in France is bad news for Uber Eats and for Emmanuel Macron: Interview with CGT’s Ludo Rioux

December 1, 2023 Ben Wray 0

A national strike in France against Uber Eats’ new payment system on December 2-3 could be the largest in Europe yet, and exposes Emmanuel Macron’s ‘social dialogue’ system for the gig economy. The Gig Economy […]

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Gig Economy Project – Ridehail bosses call for EU action after Spain declares taxis a ‘public service’

June 28, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Law comes on the eve of Spain’s General Election in response to the Court of Justice of the EU ruling earlier this month The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for […]

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Víctor Riesgo Gómez – Strategies of resistance and trade union action in platform work: The case of Uber in Spain

March 13, 2023 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Víctor Riesgo Gómez – Estrategias de resistencia y acción sindical en el trabajo de plataforma: El caso de Uber en España

March 9, 2023 Ben Wray 0

¿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 […]

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Finance

Hubert Horan: Can Uber ever deliver?

March 2, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Uber expert Hubert Horan separates fact from fiction in the company’s latest company accounts. Hubert Horan has 40 years of experience in the management and regulation of transportation companies (primarily airlines). Horan has no financial […]

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Gig Economy Project – Is ‘dynamic pricing’ ripping-off gig workers?

February 7, 2023 Ben Wray 0

What is dynamic pricing? And why is it “dangerous” for gig workers? On the day of co-ordinated protests of Uber drivers in London and Amsterdam for fair pay, the Gig Economy Project takes a look. […]

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Piero Valmassoi – Uber and EU lobbying: is there a way to keep the baby and throw out the bathwater?

January 19, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, a policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, reports for the Gig Economy Project on the debate of the European Parliament on Uber lobbying practices on Wednesday [18 January], […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘Game over Uber’: Stockholm Uber and Bolt drivers in first-ever strike

January 11, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Greta Thunberg joined the strike protest in central Stockholm demanding improvements to pay and union representation AROUND 500 Uber and Bolt drivers went on strike in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, on Tuesday [10 January], a […]

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Finance

Anne Dufresne: Uber’s social dialogue deal with the UBT-FGTB union in Belgium

November 22, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Anne Dufresne, activist for gig workers’ rights and member of the GRESEA research group, gives a critical perspective on Uber’s recognition agreement with Belgian union UBT-FGTB, the first such agreement in the EU. A longer […]

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Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray by Nat Dyer

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