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2021-05-20
Rest of World
Global South startups can do better than Silicon Valley
2021-05-20
The Guardian
‘A slap in the face’: California Uber and Lyft drivers criticize pay cuts under Prop 22
2021-05-20
Politico
Spain approved a law protecting delivery workers. Here’s what you need to know
2021-05-20
Jacobin
We’re Not Self-Employed, We’re Workers
2021-04-15
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Risks for South Africa's food couriers surge during the pandemic
2021-04-14
Time
Migrants in Latin America Have Turned to Delivery Gigs During the Pandemic. But Drivers Say They're Facing Hostility and Mistreatment
2021-04-14
Financial Times
Italy emerges as next front in gig economy labour battle
2021-04-14
Fortune
Amazon workers can still fight for better conditions, even if union efforts fail. Here’s how.
2021-03-26
Public Books
Worker Worries are the seeds of worker action
2021-03-26
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Deliveroo riders can earn as little as £2 an hour during shifts, as boss stands to make £500m
2021-03-26
BBC
Uber to pay drivers a minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions
2021-03-26
The Guardian
Top UK fund refuses to invest in Deliveroo amid City concern over riders' rights
2021-03-08
Reuters
Spain's gig economy poses labour rights conundrum as regulation eyed
2021-03-08
Rest of world
For delivery apps in the UAE, it’s a race to the bottom
2021-03-08
TechCrunch
Europe kicks off bid to find a route to ‘better’ gig work
2021-03-08
The New York Times
Uber Drivers Are Entitled to Worker Benefits, a British Court Rules
2021-03-08
Dutch News
Deliveroo to appeal to Supreme Court after judges say riders are not freelancers
2021-01-27
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Many Oregon gig workers got regular unemployment benefits. Here’s why it matters
2021-01-27
The Verge
Instacart is firing every employee who voted to unionize
2021-01-27
Business Insider Australia
'Are we worth $3?': Some Uber Eats riders say shrinking pay and poor training is putting them in danger
2021-01-06
Vice
Court Rules Deliveroo Used 'Discriminatory' Algorithm
2021-01-05
The New Republic
Instacart Is a Parasite and a Sham
2021-01-05
Truthout
2020’s Legislative Attacks on Gig Workers Will Change Labor Forever
2021-01-05
Los Angeles Times
Grubhub drivers say app change eats into tips, jeopardizing a usually generous season
2020-11-27
Rest of World
How one “unicorn” transformed Colombia’s delivery ecosystem
2020-11-27
CBS News
DoorDash to pay $2.5 million for allegedly misusing worker tips
2020-11-11
The Nation
Can American Labor Survive Prop 22?
2020-11-10
Inequality.org
Uber and Lyft Notch Another Corporate Victory in the Global Exploitation of ‘Gig Workers’
2020-11-10
Jacobin
How Foodsters United Is Organizing Canada’s Gig Economy
2020-11-10
Vice
Uber Wants to Expand Its Anti-Worker Proposition 22 Beyond California
2020-09-16
Rest of World
For Domestic Workers, Apps Provide Solace — But Not Justice
2020-09-16
The New York Times
Cleaners Demand Harassment Safeguards From the Booking Service Handy
2020-09-07
Bot Populi
Beauty and the Platform Economy
2020-09-07
MIT Technology Review
What’s missing from corporate statements on racial injustice? The real cause of racism.
2020-09-07
Vice
Nigerian Ride-Hail Drivers Are Striking Over Regulations That Leave Them in the Cold
2020-09-07
The New York Times
Uber Is Hurting Drivers Like Me in Its Legal Fight in California
2020-08-07
Vox
The pandemic is fueling the private tutoring industry
2020-08-07
One Zero
The Gig Economy Is Failing. Say Hello to the Hustle Economy.
2020-08-07
CNBC
Gig workers are finding it harder to make money as surging unemployment drives up competition
2020-08-07
The New York Times
Uber and Lyft Drivers Win Ruling on Unemployment Benefits
2020-07-22
The Guardian
Uber drivers' fight for workers' rights reaches UK supreme court
2020-07-22
The Guardian
Uber drivers to launch legal bid to uncover app's algorithm
2020-07-22
Los Angeles Times
Target-owned Shipt sparks worker protest with pay change
2020-07-22
The New York Times
Biden Announces $775 Billion Plan to Help Working Parents and Caregivers
2020-07-02
New York Times
For Nannies, Both a Job and a Family Can Abruptly Disappear
2020-07-02
Huffington Post
Study Shows COVID-19's Devastating Impact On Black Immigrant Domestic Workers
2020-07-02
New York Times
Uber Makes Offer to Buy Postmates Delivery Service
2020-07-02
The Wire
In Brazil, Delivery Drivers for Uber, Rappi and Others Protest Amid Pandemic
2020-05-30
Sixth Tone
China’s Laid-Off Workers Rush Into Food Delivery
2020-05-30
Washington Post
Watch my kids, please: Parents hire Zoom babysitters so they can shelter in peace
2020-05-30
Los Angeles Times
L.A. moves to cap fees charged by Uber Eats, Postmates and other food delivery services
2020-05-30
Social Europe
Covid-19: who will protect gig workers, if not platforms?
2020-04-27
Data and Society: Points
Carework Under Crisis
2020-04-27
The Verge
Uber launches effort to help drivers find other work during coronavirus crisis
2020-04-27
New Internationalist
If Platforms Do Not Protect Gig Workers, Who Will?
2020-03-28
Cnet
Coronavirus relief: $2 trillion package gives benefits to gig workers
2020-03-28
Vice
After Years of Hoarding Housing Supply, Toronto Airbnb Hosts Are Panicking
2020-03-28
FastCompany
What it’s like to be a delivery worker during the COVID-19 pandemic
2020-03-28
Motherboard
Instacart’s Gig Workers Are Planning a Massive, Nationwide Strike
2020-03-17
Mother Jones
Home Care Workers Are Underpaid, Uninsured, and on the Front Lines of Fighting Coronavirus
2020-03-17
The New Republic
The Case for a Social Distancing Wage
2020-03-17
Wired
Coronavirus Exposes Workers to the Risks of the Gig Economy
2020-03-17
TechCrunch
San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order does not apply to gig workers
2020-03-17
The Wire
Coronavirus Shutdown: How India Can Provide a Safety Net for Gig Workers
2020-02-28
The Verge
How Hard Will The Robots Make Us Work
2020-02-28
Wired
Gig economy workers have a new weapon in the fight against Uber
2020-02-28
The Verge
DoorDash drivers use their forced arbitration clause to force DoorDash into arbitration
2020-02-14
openDemocracy
The crisis of care.com
2020-02-14
Motherboard
California Introduces Law to Stop Delivery Apps Screwing Over Restaurants
2020-02-14
Gizmodo
ab5-uber-postmates-injunction-denied
2020-02-14
Recode
Why Airbnb is suddenly struggling to make money
2020-02-04
Fairwork
Uber and Deliveroo’s ‘Charter of good work’ is nothing but fairwashing
2020-02-04
Novara Media
The Deaths of Gig Workers Are Not Freak Incidents, but the Result of a Brutal Business Model
2020-02-04
Los Angeles Times
AB 5 is already changing how Uber works for California drivers and riders
2020-02-04
The Telegraph
Amsterdam's 20,000 Airbnb hosts must get tourist licences or stop operating, court rules
2020-01-27
Gizmodo
Okay, But Have You Tried Just Making Them Employees?
2020-01-27
Forbes
History Repeats Itself For Gig Economy Workers - And Not In A Good Way
2020-01-27
The Wire
Why Gig Workers Should Find a Space in India's Labour Rights Movement
2020-01-27
Fast Company
In 20 years, your boss may track your every glance, keystroke, and heartbeat
2020-01-19
PayUp
No free lunch, but almost:
2020-01-19
The New Republic
The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. And It’s a Nightmare
2020-01-19
The Washington Post
Can California rein in tech’s gig platforms? A primer on the bold state law that will try.
2020-01-10
New York Times
The Gig Economy Is Coming for Your Job
2020-01-10
The Verge
Uber is making big changes to its app in California as new gig work law goes into effect
2020-01-10
Marker
How the Modern Workplace Fails Women
2019-12-09
The Guardian
Uber’s new loan program could trap drivers in cycles of crushing debt
Uber
2019-12-09
Quartz Africa
Could gig work transform a developing country’s economy?
2019-12-09
Fortune
Airbnb Changed New Orleans — And Now New Orleans Can’t Live Without It
2019-12-09
Technode
Food delivery: Drivers take the risks. Platforms reap the rewards.
2019-11-30
Motherboard
We Spoke To Uber Drivers Who Have Taken Over The Company’s Offices In France
2019-11-30
NPR
At The Mercy Of An App: Workers Feel The Instacart Squeeze
2019-11-30
The Conversation
Uber might not take over the world, but it is still normalising job insecurity
2019-11-26
The Verge
Rev Transcribers Hate The Low Pay, But The Disturbing Recordings Are Even Worse
2019-11-17
Quartz
For immigrants, the startups disrupting restaurants look as scary as Uber
2019-11-17
The Washington Post
‘Don’t game my paycheck’: Delivery workers say they’re being squeezed by ever-changing algorithms
2019-11-17
Vice
Riding for Deliveroo Made Me Fight for the Future of Work
2019-11-07
Slate
Instacart Workers Are Striking Because of the App’s User Interface
2019-11-07
The New York Times
Airbnb Suffered a Big Defeat in Jersey City. Here’s What That Means
2019-11-01
UC Berkeley Labor Center
The Uber/Lyft Ballot Initiative Guarantees only $5.64 an Hour
2019-10-21
Los Angeles Times
Editorial: It took Los Angeles years to adopt rules for Airbnb. Don’t delay them now.
2019-10-21
Wired
Welcome to the 'Airbnb for Everything' Age
2019-10-21
Lapus Lima
Minimal Maintenance
2019-10-21
The Morning Context
The Gig Economy's Tyranny of Targets
2019-10-10
Vice
Gig Workers Are Forming the World’s First Food Delivery App Unions
2019-10-09
Venture Beat
Uber’s push into on-demand recruitment is a natural progression for the gig economy
2019-10-09
Sixth Tone
Why informal workers are opting out of China's welfare system
2019-10-09
Vox
The biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us
2019-09-26
Los Angeles Times
Airbnb pledges $25 million to support affordable housing and small business
2019-09-26
San Francisco Chronicle
He drives 60 hours a week for Uber. He’s still homeless
2019-09-26
The New York Times
Uber and Lyft Drivers Gain Labor Clout, With Help From an App
2019-09-22
The New York Review of Books
What the Apps That Bring Food to Your Door Mean for Delivery Workers
2019-09-19
The New York Times
Maybe We’re Not All Going to Be Gig Economy Workers After All
2019-09-19
LSE Business Review
Lessons from the uberisation of lawyers in China
2019-09-19
Recode
Uber’s baffling claim that its drivers aren’t core to its business, explained
2019-09-19
The New York Times
One More Way to Die: Delivering Food in Cape Town’s Gig Economy
2019-09-12
The New York Times
Take That ‘Gig’ and Shove It
2019-09-10
The New York Times
Cooking Eggs in the Morning and Shucking Oysters at Night, Thanks to an App
2019-09-10
San Francisco Chronicle
Uber circulates new gig-work bill as alternative to AB5
2019-09-10
On Labor
Law and the Future of Gig Work in California: Problems and Potentials (Part 1)
2019-09-10
The New York Times
On the Job, 24 Hours a Day, 27 Days a Month
2019-09-03
Vox
Home health aides care for the elderly. Who will care for them?
2019-09-03
The New York Times
As Grass-Roots Labor Activism Rises, Will Unions Take Advantage?
2019-09-01
The Guardian
Strike 2.0: how gig economy workers are using tech to fight back
2019-09-01
The Hindu
The ‘gig’ economy is creating lakhs of jobs, but workers don’t see a future
2019-08-30
Jalopnik
Uber And Lyft Take A Lot More From Drivers Than They Say
2019-08-22
Recode by Vox
DoorDash is still pocketing workers’ tips, almost a month after it promised to stop
2019-08-22
The Globe and Mail
Workers of the (gig) world, unite!
2019-08-22
France24
French Deliveroo drivers strike over pay dispute
2019-08-19
Quartz
Food-delivery giant Deliveroo is pulling out of Germany
2019-08-08
New York Daily News
Keep the Uber cap in place: Flooding the streets and underpaying drivers
2019-08-08
The Guardian
The hot pink emoji house and the problem of Airbnb neighbors from hell
2019-08-08
New Internationalist
Challenging exploitation in the gig economy
2019-08-02
Harvard Business Review
The Debate Over How to Classify Gig Workers Is Missing the Bigger Picture
2019-08-02
Japan Today
In search of the caring economy
2019-07-26
Sixth Tone
The Fast and Frustrating Lives of China’s Food Delivery Drivers
2019-07-26
Jacobin
The Shadow Bosses of the Gig Economy
2019-07-25
The New York Times
DoorDash Changes Tipping Model After Uproar From Customers
2019-07-23
The New York Times
My Frantic Life as a Cab-Dodging, Tip-Chasing Food App Deliveryman
2019-07-19
The Guardian
The only way to rein in big tech is to treat them as a public service
2019-07-19
Vice
This Bill Could Destroy Uber's Unsustainable Business Model
2019-07-19
CNN Business
Postmates CEO: Gig workers deserve a better deal than we have given them
2019-07-12
The Sydney Morning Herald
Flexibility of gig economy jobs a mirage
2019-07-12
GroundUp
Immigrant food couriers risk death on South African roads
2019-07-04
The Verge
Deaths and injuries don't slow Uber Eats' rapid expansion in Mexico
2019-07-04
Regulating for Globalization
Time to stop platforms from charging recruitment fees to workers
2019-07-02
BBC - Capital
The gig economy is a double-edged sword for migrant workers
2019-06-29
Quartz
How much it would cost Uber and Lyft if drivers were employees
2019-06-28
Bloomberg
The Gnawing Anxiety of Having an Algorithm as a Boss
2019-06-25
The New York Times
A Machine May Not Take Your Job, but One Could Become Your Boss
2019-06-21
The New York Times
Food-Delivery Couriers Exploit Desperate Migrants in France
2019-06-21
CNBC
Gig economy workers may get short changed when it comes to Social Security checks
2019-06-21
Financial Times Alphaville
Gaming the sharing economy
2019-06-14
Los Angeles Times
Uber, Lyft say making drivers employees would ‘pose a risk to our businesses’
2019-06-14
Wired
When Workers Control the Code
2019-06-10
Vox
The recession hasn’t ended for gig economy workers
2019-06-10
Vox
California is cracking down on the gig economy
2019-06-10
Gizmodo
Workers Came Up With a Brilliant Plan to Use Postmates' Exploitative Platform Against Itself
2019-06-10
Bloomberg
Meet Murray Cox, The Man Trying to Take Down Airbnb
2019-05-25
The Telegraph
Airbnb's rapid growth has changed the face of Europe. Here's how some cities are fighting back
2019-05-25
Knowledge@Wharton
Gig Economy Protections: Did the EU Get It Right?
2019-05-21
The Nation
What Happens When Care Work Comes on Demand?
2019-05-21
ILR Worker Institute
On-Demand Platform Workers in New York State: The Challenges for Public Policy
2019-05-17
The Washington Post
The hidden global workforce that is still fighting for an eight-hour workday
2019-05-17
San Francisco Chronicle
Revolt of the gig workers: How delivery rage reached a tipping point
2019-05-17
The Guardian
High score, low pay: why the gig economy loves gamification
2019-05-17
Points
Silicon Valley Nationalism
2019-05-16
The New York Times
Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Labor Board Says
2019-04-29
The New Yorker
The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona
