[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fpodcasts\u002Fthe-gig-work-podcast\u002Fs0-a04-the-leeds-index-scientists-provide-insights-on-platform-workers-protests":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":26,"body_blocks":34,"call_to_action":49,"categories":56,"owner":7,"authors":61,"image":62,"show_related_pages":63,"related_pages":64,"related_sites":75,"in_subsite":76,"contact_page_url":77,"banner_message":78},7076,"s0-a04-the-leeds-index-scientists-provide-insights-on-platform-workers-protests","Leeds Index: scientists provide insights on platform workers' protests",null,"","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpodcasts\u002Fthe-gig-work-podcast\u002Fs0-a04-the-leeds-index-scientists-provide-insights-on-platform-workers-protests","pages.contentpage","en","2023-07-12T11:29:00+00:00","2026-04-22T08:21:59.629321+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F7076\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25],{"title":17,"slug":18},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Podcasts","podcasts",{"title":23,"slug":24},"The Gig Work Podcast","the-gig-work-podcast",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":27,"canonical":28,"robots":29,"og_type":30,"twitter_card":31,"locale":11,"created_at":32,"last_modified_at":33},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002F2024397a--simon-joyce.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpodcasts\u002Fthe-gig-work-podcast\u002Fs0-a04-the-leeds-index-scientists-provide-insights-on-platform-workers-protests\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2023-07-12T13:29:00+02:00","2026-04-22T10:21:59.827086+02:00",[35],{"type":36,"data":37},"composed_content_block",{"blocks":38},[39,44],{"type":40,"data":41},"text_block",{"content":42,"variant":43},"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cimg alt=\"Simon-Joyce.jpeg\" class=\"richtext-image left\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002F2024397a--simon-joyce.width-400.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002F2024397a--simon-joyce.width-400.jpg 400w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002F2024397a--simon-joyce.width-800.jpg 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002F2024397a--simon-joyce.width-1200.jpg 1200w\"\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Taxi and delivery platforms determine the working conditions, access to labor, and pay of millions of workers worldwide. This frequently leads to protests by this group of workers. Reporting on such protests is mostly incomplete: news reports deal with isolated incidents and often give little background information. This is undesirable because understanding the dynamics behind these protests, workers' wishes, and the protests' organization are essential to finding solutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That is why a research team from the University of Leeds (UK) has mapped nearly 2,000 worker protests. 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Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]