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Beating short-term security in the sharing economy

The ambition of a co-operatively owned sharing economy is here – but without government support it’s in danger of being wiped out by the tide of platform capitalism.

By Max Dovey
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This article was first posted by MoneyLab. It appears here as part of our focus on Platform Co-ops and the forthcoming open2017 conference.

Last month I witnessed a chanting mob of disgruntled Deliveroo riders who had gathered outside the company’s headquarters in London to protest against an intended pay cut that would reduce their hourly wage from £7 (€ 8.30) to £3.75 (€4.45) per delivery.

The demonstration was the latest eruption of employee dissent within the on-demand economy as workers respond to severe wage cuts and other challenges to their employment rights.

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