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📄 What if we viewed digital economies not just as systems, but as labor-atories - sites of active class struggle and experimentation? In his new #wjds paper, Rafael Grohmann (@uoft) explores how digital labor in Latin America reflects this dynamic.

➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.6

#research #socialscience #work #DigitalLabor #DigitalEconomies #PlatformWork #LatinAmerica #GlobalSouth #DigitalSovereignty #AI #DataColonialism #TechGovernance #WorkerOrganizing
@DAIR @towardsfairwork

‘I’m just constantly tired. Mel Stride made it sound like you can just log on and find an order, but there’s so much waiting around that you don’t get paid for… Yesterday I made £15.75 in three hours.’

The reality of being a Deliveroo rider over 50, suggested by the UK work and pensions secretary theguardian.com/business/2023/

The Guardian‘I’m 57, I’m just shattered’: The reality of being a Deliveroo rider over 50By Jem Bartholomew

In case you’ve been hearing about the draft EU #PlatformWorkDirective and wanted to learn more, our paper on its #algorithmicManagement provisions (w Six Silberman & @RDBinns) now out in the European Labour Law Journal.
tl;dr: generally v well drafted, novel aspects worth studying, may create unintended effects, could benefit from some tweaks to avoid tensions and to shore up its complexities in a situation of high power asymmetries. doi.org/10.1177/20319525231167 #gigEconomy #platformWork

Just because it is digital, it doesn't mean the battle for our rights has changed' - women working on domestic work platforms across Africa run risks including underpay once costs of travel and data are deducted, assault, and pressure not to speak out bdnews24.com/the-long-read/65s

bdnews24.comHigh cost to women as African apps spread gospel of gig workBy Thomson Reuters Foundation