2023
Content Overview
Dec 31, 2024
WageIndicator - The Story of Unionisation in the Mexican Gig EconomyWageIndicator Intern Reports - Why Mexican gig workers are not keen on unionizing, and what can be done to bring them together
Dec 19, 2023
WageIndicator - From Ouishare to WorkerTech: a look back and forward at platforms and the world of workMartijn Arets - Albert Cañigueral Bagó is fascinated by technology, platforms and the world of work. How did the sharing and gig economy develop? And what impact does technology have on workers now and in the future? This is what Martijn Ar…
Nov 29, 2023
WageIndicator - Magalí Gurman (Glovo): 'The flexibility of the platform economy does not exclude good working conditions'Martijn Arets - Delivery riders connected to platform Glovo do not all get employment contracts, but are covered by the 'Couriers Pledge' in 21 countries. With this, the company promises delivery workers safety, community, equality and a fa…
Nov 17, 2023
WageIndicator - Urban Company Protests: Women Workers Fight Platform AbuseWageIndicator Intern Reports - Urban Company has a large share of women workers who are resisting the platform's unfair practices. WhatsApp groups emerged as an important instrument for struggling.
Nov 9, 2023
Fairwork - Recommendations for the EU Directive on Platform WorkCurrent texts on the EU Directive on Platform Work make important strides in guaranteeing better working conditions to platform workers in the EU. Yet, they still fall short in key aspects. Based on ongoing research by the Fairwork project…
Nov 7, 2023
WageIndicator - What Rulings in Favour of Gig Workers Don’t SayCourt rulings help workers to better define their status and extend their labour rights. Unfortunately, also courts need to deal with some practical issues and what happens when a platform leaves a country instead of hiring its workers as e…
Oct 31, 2023
WageIndicator - A Level Playing Field for Gig Workers - Testbirds, the Crowdworking Code of Conduct, and Nippy: Ensuring Fairness and Benefits to WorkersThe good practices session of ‘A Level Playing Field for Gig Workers’ gave space to a crowdwork platform, a code of conduct, and a service provider. Examples of how it’s possible to truly contribute to achieving better conditions for worker…
Oct 31, 2023
WageIndicator - A Level Playing Field for Gig Workers - The Real Impact of Protests, Cooperatives, and RegulationEffective examples of gig workers being helped regain negotiation power and build a collective voice can be given when monitoring strikes, alternative models of platform economy, and legislation
Oct 31, 2023
WageIndicator - A Level Playing Field for Gig Workers: How Platforms Disrupt the Labour Market and Impact WorkersThe seventh Gig Work webinar by WageIndicator focused on strategies and projects striving to build a balanced relationship between platform workers and companies. Workers should benefit from access to data, economic growth, and AI technolog…
Sep 20, 2023
WageIndicator - Gig Economy Data: Knowledge Is Power in the Platform EconomyMartijn Arets - British tech expert and Uber driver James Farrar has been championing labour rights in the platform economy for eight years. Often successfully. Platform expert Martijn Arets spoke to him on behalf of the WageIndicator Found…
Aug 28, 2023
WageIndicator - Towards a workable regulatory environment for Europe's platform economyMartijn Arets - More regulation for the platform economy is rapidly emerging. The goal of these new regulations is a fair platform economy for all. What impact do they have? How can we make legislation more workable for all? And how do thes…
Aug 9, 2023
WageIndicator - Super-apps and green jackets: lessons on the gig economy from IndonesiaMartijn Arets - Super-apps like Grab and Gojek are centralizing and formalizing Indonesia's informal labour market. What problems are associated with this? And what does this teach us about the gig economy worldwide? Martijn Arets explores…
Jul 19, 2023
WageIndicator - David against Goliath: Can the Regional Indian Platforms Break the Monopolies of Bigger Giants?WageIndicator Intern Reports - Zomato and Swiggy, the top two giants in the Indian food delivery industry, may get some challenges from outsiders.
Jun 16, 2023
Fairwork - Fairwork India presents at Rajasthan public meeting on platform workA two-day consultation brought together organisations and individuals from various parts of India who work on labour rights and advocate for a legal framework of social security for platform-based gig workers.
Jun 16, 2023
Fairwork - African Platform Manager Workshop: A new strategy of engagement to secure pro-worker changes in the platform economyThe poor working conditions that have come to characterise the platform economy are not necessary outcomes of technological development. Platforms have significant control over the jobs they mediate, and the power to shape them for the bett…
Jun 16, 2023
Fairwork - De-routing from “The Platform Way”: Worker Resistance in Bangladeshi Ride-hailing PlatformsAuthor: Ainan Tajrian, Research Manager, Fairwork Bangladesh Ratings 2023; Research Associate, DataSense at iSocial - The ‘Khaep’ phenomenon: why are drivers directly connecting with riders, bypassing the platform and their app-based infra…
Jun 14, 2023
Fairwork - Bangladesh Needs a Policy Framework for a Growing Platform EconomyAuthor: Shamarukh Alam, Researcher, Fairwork Bangladesh Ratings 2023; Senior Research Fellow, DataSense at iSocial - Bangladesh has seen significant growth of the platform economy. However, workers on these platforms have had to deal with l…
May 28, 2023
WageIndicator - Researchers in action: this is how Fairwork improves working conditions in the platform economyHow Fairwork Project strives for real change: Martijn Arets talks with senior researcher and project manager Dr. Funda Ustek Spilda in the new episode of The Gig Work Podcast.
Apr 28, 2023
WageIndicator - WageIndicator Wages Database: An Effort for Pay TransparencyMartijn Arets - WageIndicator Foundation increases the transparency about work and income worldwide. Martijn Arets of The Gig Work Podcast speaks to co-founder Paulien Osse about this unusual organization's successes, challenges, and goals…
Apr 24, 2023
Farwork - ILO includes an international convention on platform workers on its agendaThe ILO Governing Body will discuss standards related to decent work on the platform economy during its 2025 Conference. The Global Manifesto for a Fairer Platform Economy and Fairwork Principles provide a good start to listing primary prob…
Apr 24, 2023
Fairwork - Brazilian researchers publish manifesto on the country’s regulation of platform workThe new Brazilian government, led by Lula da Silva, has expressed its intention to address the regulation of platform work later this year. But what about the workers? Have they been heard? What are their needs and concerns?
Apr 24, 2023
Fairwork - Did lack of legal protection for Indonesian gig workers contribute to a fatal accident?Authors: Nur Huda, Adriansyah Dhani Darmawan, Maria Catherine (Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance, CIPG), and Richard Heeks (University of Manchester) A tragic incident has highlighted the poor working conditions and inadequate saf…
Apr 4, 2023
WageIndicator - Solutions to overcome discrimination on digital platforms: the Crowdsourcing Code and SkillCV - Women in Gig Work: Web-Based WorkThe best practices session of Women in Gig Work: Web-Based Work presented a German code of conduct and a Dutch tech solution to put workers’ skill in the first place
Apr 4, 2023
WageIndicator - The good and bad sides of digital platforms jobs - Women in Gig Work: Web-Based WorkWhat do ‘flexibility’ and ‘empowerment’ really mean? During the panel discussion of ‘Women in Gig Work: Web-Based Work,’ WageIndicator's sixth webinar on the platform economy, three speakers took into consideration both opportunities and ch…