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Aggregated links related to the platform economy
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
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