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Out today: "Towards a Fairer Gig Economy"
Available for free download at: http://meatspacepress.org
(.pdf, .epub, .mobi, .azw3, paperback, self-print)
‘Towards a Fairer Gig Economy’ is a small collection of articles
examining the social and economic problems associated with the ‘gig
economy’. The gig economy includes a wide range of labour carried out by
workers providing services as couriers, taxi drivers, online freelancers
and more. Issues examined include an over-supply of labour, falling
wages, long hours and poor working conditions. Each article makes
suggestions for how these problems can be addressed and how a fairer gig
economy can be built: including through regulation, collective
bargaining and wider policy recommendations. The collection’s
contributors include cycle couriers, union organisers, academics and
researchers.
The collection is edited by Mark Graham and Joe Shaw, and its
contributing authors are: Janine Berg, Christina Colclough, Mags
Dewhurst, Dawn Gearhart, Philip Jennings, Guy McClenahan, Trebor Scholz,
M. Six Silberman, Nick Srnicek and Valerio De Stefano.
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Joe Shaw
PhD Candidate (ESRC) & Research Assistant
Oxford Internet Institute
ttps://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/joe-shaw
@hyperrealestate
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