Okay here’s my analysis of the key parts of the Platform Work Directive. It’s not meant to be systematic: I’m picking out only the most important/debatable issues. Long 🧵 #PlatformWork #PlatformWorkDirective

Wonderful perspectives on platform labour activists in ride hailing, content moderation and corporate development! Discussing feminist practices within activist collectives Gorillas Workers Collective Lieferando Workers Collective (LWC) Berlin SUPERRR @[email protected] DH Worker Heroes 💪 Cohosted by Joanna Bronowicka Eva Kocher @cillas.bsky.social 💖

📝 Regulación de la economía de plataformas en Paraguay. Necesitamos una mirada integral que aborde la complejidad de esta economía. Desde TEDIC, proponemos un debate participativo para proteger los derechos de quienes trabajan en este ecosistema. 📢 Gobierno, empresas y

#Medios | ¿Cómo asegurar la inserción a un mercado laboral justo para quienes realizan servicios de transporte y delivery en plataformas digitales? 👉 Arturo Arriagada conversó en CNN Chile Radio sobre los resultados de Fairwork Chile Puntuaciones 2023-2024. Fairwork

"If you're labeling some aerial image that's produced by a drone, are you training a toy airplane, or are you training a military drone? There's no real way of knowing,"  says #Fairwork's Director, Mark Graham 🌃✨ about the lack of transparency in #AI tasking. New article from Inc. 👇

The life safety of workers is important. If done right, the algorithms can quickly give the right information to workers. This is the right time for the government to step-in and table the long-awaited bill for gig and platform workers,” Mr Salauddin said. thehindu.com/news/national/…

#FacesofFairwork: Meet Carolina Pérez, the newest member of the #FairworkUruguay team. Carolina is a Research Assistant at the Universidad Católica where she is also a member of the Labor Relations Observatory. 🙋‍♀️ More: fair.work/en/fw/about/pe… 🇺🇾 Latest ratings: fair.work/uruguay

September is here, summer is (slowly) coming to a close, and I'm exciting to be jumping into the new academic year with a few book events... Berlin colleagues, I'll be honoured to be in conversation next week WZB with an amazing panel Rasmus Kleis Nielsen NHelberger is @[email protected] Clara Iglesias Keller

Uber & Bolt pressure drivers to buy to expensive EVs but by just training their algos for full fleet utilisation, they could deliver 400k tonnes in Co2 savings & their drivers recoup £1.2 billion in lost pay. Share the data & lets make it happen. TfL Taxi & Private Hire workerinfoexchange.org/public-data-sh…

#FairworkGermany is #hiring a Student Assistant! Are you a student interested in action research, the German #PlatformEconomy, and building a fairer future of work?Apply👉fair.work/en/fw/jobs/ 🤓We are looking forward to reading your applications! Mark Graham 🌃✨ Tobias Kuttler WZB

“These drivers need to cover the costs of their vehicles, fuel, and insurance,” said Mark Graham 🌃✨ of @towardsfairwork. “If they find that Uber isn’t providing fair earnings, it’s only natural that they would organize collectively to ensure they can make a decent living”

It's a great pleasure to present THE WORLD AFTER AMAZON, a collection of 9 short stories by rank-and-file Amazon workers, presented for free online and as a podcast and audiobook.

implementation of a law for all gig & platform workers, is a priority. Other demands include creation of a Welfare Board which provides social security benefits such as ESI, PF, maternity benefits, ensuring fare wages said Shaik Salauddin President Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union thequint.com/news/india/gig…

Over the past two decades, the global labour income share has declined by 1.6 percentage points, resulting in a $2.4 trillion annual shortfall in 2024. This decline indicates that workers are receiving a smaller share of global income, contributing to rising inequality.

More examples of #AI as an #ExtractionMachine! 👉 fair.work/en/fw/blog/fai…

#Fairwork Chile 2024 evalúa las condiciones laborales de la economía de plataformas según los principios de trabajo justo: #PagoJusto, #CondicionesJustas, #ContratosJustos, #GestiónJusta y #RepresentaciónJusta. 🔗 Aquí su presentación: youtube.com/watch?v=6x8RgH… Fairwork

Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers marched in NYC today, demanding an end to wage theft and Mayor Adams's policies that enable it. The companies evade fair pay through "lockouts" — a scheme preventing workers from being paid for hours worked between rides.

Situation is exacerbated by high cost of repairing modern vehicles, where even a faulty sensor can lead to huge financial strain; need for more real-time information of road conditions expressed

What kind of job training did you get when you first started out? What training do you think #DataWorkers get, who shape #AI and any online platform you can think of? Join us next Monday with the Data Workers' Inquiry! 🗓️ September 9, 5 pm - online events.zoom.us/ev/AuQX3OXr7Os…

Rest of World cites Fairwork's reports and the OII's Mark Graham 🌃✨ in a recent article on Uber drivers in Kenya charging higher rates to compensate for rising gas prices. restofworld.org/2024/kenya-ube…