🇪🇺The #platformcoops and #workercoops movements have been calling for better conditions for #platformeconomy workers. Now MEPs are a step closer to regulating the sector in the #EU .

CECOP #coops #FutureOfWork

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Lovely example of a #PlatformCoop supporting organic food and fair price for farmers in #Kerala !

Tech can be a force for good - and we are proud to be a #PlatformCoop too!

Read more here from Platform Co-op 👉 buff.ly/49O7GMz

🌐The survey on Platform Co-op(s) is going strong with over 50 respondents across 5 continents. Plus, I’ve just launched the same survey using the ethical tool Liberaforms. Haven't participated yet? You still have time until May 1st! my.liberaforms.org/be-part-of-the…. Please share and RT!🤝

Does #platform & #gig economy interest you?
Are you a part of/ work for #workercoops or #platform coops?

Share your work, case studies, opinions, and research to be published in #COOPDialogue 6!

More info➡️🔗 icaap.coop/sites/ica-ap.c…

Had a delightful time at the conference organised by Platform Co-op IT for Change in Kerala: a wonderful mix of labour activists, technologists, civil society representatives, policy makers came together to formulate a vision for how the coop movement both on & offline.

Congrats to Damion Bunders for successfully defending his PhD thesis on #platformcoops in the #gigeconomy , today at Erasmus University

📣Here on #platformeconomy & #coops from ILO Cooperative, Social & Solidarity Economy Unit

ℹ️Report shows #platformcoops are among self-employed workers' strategies in the #platformeconomy

🔗Read More: bit.ly/ilcr3

#ILO #ILO Coop

New research drop 💥

A group of researchers, builders and activists from across Platform Co-op, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Gitcoin, @flickr, @colabcoop, koodos labs💥 and more came together to discuss platform co-operativism and the intersections with the DWeb and web3 movements. 👇

Sharing and celebrating some cool stuff I found in 2023:

📖Blood in the Machine Brian Merchant
🎧The Big Dig Ian Coss
🎮Roboquest Roboquest
📱PocketGM 3 Pocket GM Football
🎵STRUGGLER genesis owusu open.spotify.com/album/1mzWBk8f…
🌐Platform Cooperativism Consortium Platform Co-op

'Digital divide: sfide e prospettive per le periferie' è il workshop a cui ho partecipato per parlare di nuove tecnologie. Strumento di sviluppo socio-economiche anche nelle realtà periferiche.
@Unitorvergata @CoopCultureIt
#DTC #Innovazione #TransizioneDigitale #platformcoop

Don't miss the deadline! The ICDE is accepting applications for their 2023/2024 cohort of fellows focused on the intersection of the climate crisis, digital economy, and cooperatives. Applications are due January 31st at midnight EST. platform.coop/blog/open-call… Platform Co-op

🌍🤝✨ Je suis fier de célébrer la #CoopsDay avec mes pairs à l'Institute for #Cooperative Digital Economy Platform Co-op. Chaque jour renforce ma conviction et me fait croire qu’une autre économie est possible ✊🏽Joyeuse Journée intl des #coops à tous(tes) ! #coops 4sdgs #Madagascar

At the Roots of Resilience conference organized by IT for Change K Sai Amulya speaks from her work with FemLab.Co to issues of tech-enables economic justice for workers on platforms #platformcoops

📝 New solo paper out in Socio-Economic Review that analyses member participation patterns in #platformcoops , which is crucial considering that governance issues have historically been a pitfall for worker-owned #cooperatives : doi.org/10.1093/ser/mw…

Yay! Here for the communal dinner and re-launch of Wings: ethical food delivery bike delivery #platformcoop at SPACE4! Part of the #cooperative movement funded, built with <3 and graciously funded by Islington Council & Mayor of London

I enjoyed participating in IT for Change Platform Cooperativism Consortium - Global “Roots of Resilience” conference on Building Platform Coops for Sustainable & Feminist Local Economies.

I talked about the normative gaps around the platform economy vis a vis labour rights & implications for #platformcoops

[ #Ess - #PlatformCoop ] VITA.it Francesca Martinelli 🇮🇹 : Le 'coopérativisme de plateforme'..., la #coopérative compte plus que la plateforme (it.) ➡️ vita.it/platform-coope… cc @PlatformCoop Cooperatives Europe Giuseppe Guerini Fairbnb.coop 𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘅 𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 CoopFR ⤵️

All the platforms have algorithms breeding fascists. That is, until #platformcoops are the standard way of ownership among creators, engineers, support workers, and the digital community. A new world is on her way.