Published in: openDemocracyUK: News
Big Tech firms paying below minimum wage left off UK government’s name-and-shame list

Published on: 6 August 2021

Written by: Adam Bychawski All articles by Adam Bychawski

Deliveroo, Uber and Amazon were excluded because couriers are classed as self-employed, but legal experts say...
Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion
Precarity: a political problem

Published on: 20 January 2020

Written by: Vadim Kvachev All articles by Vadim Kvachev

'Free market' advocates claim that precarious work is an economic necessity. But it is a political problem with...
Published in: ourEconomy
The ‘flexible’ gig economy is not such a great option for women after all

Published on: 19 November 2019

Written by: Abigail Hunt All articles by Abigail Hunt

Written by: Emma Samman All articles by Emma Samman

Flexibility is difficult for many workers to take advantage of in practice.
Published in: ourEconomy
Updating unions: Toronto Foodora couriers are at the front of a new labour movement

Published on: 7 June 2019

Written by: Anna Bianca Roach All articles by Anna Bianca Roach

In the fight for unionization within a precarious gig economy, Toronto Foodora couriers are demanding fairer...