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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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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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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Uber, drivers and data: Can workers build data power?

November 17, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Can workers access their data and use it to build their power? The Gig Economy Project looks at a fascinating case study from Geneva, Switzerland, to find out. Every worker in Europe has the right […]

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Anne Dufresne, Bruno Bauraind – The new “taxi plan” in Brussels: Towards an Uberisation of the sector?

November 4, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Anne Dufresne and Bruno Bauraind, researchers at GRESEA, find that the new “Taxi Plan” for Brussels, which came into effect on 21 October and is aimed at resolving continual conflict between Uber and taxis since […]

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Gig Economy Project – Piero Valmassoi: MacGann’s testimony stung Uber, but will it make any difference?

October 26, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, a policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, reports from the European Parliament on Uber whistleblower Mark MacGann’s hearing, finding that his revelations will not count for much if […]

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Gig Economy Project – Uber whistleblower Mark MacGann’s full statement to the European Parliament

October 25, 2022 Ben Wray 0

The full statement of ‘Uber Files’ whistleblower Mark MacGann to the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament today [25 October] I. I would like to thank Chairperson Dragos Pislaru and the […]

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Gig Economy

Kate Bedford – Uber Files: How World Bank-sponsored research on gender painted the company in a positive light

September 2, 2022 Ben Wray 0

The World Bank partnered with Uber to produce research which reiterated the company’s narrative that deregulation is good for gender equality This piece has been cross-posted from The Conversation The Gig Economy Project, led by […]

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Corruption

Gig Economy Project – Why Uber failed and what’s next: Interview with Paris Marx

July 26, 2022 Ben Wray 0

The Gig Economy Project speaks to Paris Marx, host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast and author of new book ‘Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation’, about […]

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Gig Economy Project – As UK Uber drivers strike, union leader calls for Uber whistleblower to answer their questions

July 20, 2022 Ben Wray 0

As Uber drivers in the ADCU union strike in wake of Uber Files revelations, the General Secretary calls for whistleblower Mark MacGann to answer their questions at a public hearing: “The drivers deserve a first-hand […]

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Gig Economy Project – Italian taxi wildcat strike ends after Prime Minister offers his resignation

July 15, 2022 Ben Wray 0

A spontaneous strike of taxi drivers across Italy following the Uber Files revelations has stopped after the Italian Prime Minister offered his resignation, one of the key demands of the drivers who are opposed to […]

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Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia – A Critical History by Marko Grdešić and Mislav Žitko

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Book Review by Branko Milanovic´ When on 28 June of 1948 Joseph Stalin wrote a latter on behalf of the Cominform to ask Yugoslavia’s communists to get rid of the “Titoist clique” and to return […]

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