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🧵/13 I’m a cleaner. I want talk to the left about covid. I clean for biz but mostly domestic homes. I like to do a good job & leave a place near spotless. That means tackling dust, grime, dirt, mould & mildew, bodily excretions, pet dander to name a few. It can be grim.
2/13 i was cleaning b4 covid so I have that as a comparison. I want to talk to the left (you’d typically be my allies right? I’m working a low status insecure relative poor pay job?) bcs I feel abandoned & let down-if you consider yourself an ally to low paid pls read on🙏🏼
3/13 1st up: 😷. Do you think they’re a symbol of authoritarian control & they don’t work? Why? Who told you that? Baggy cloth/surgical masks ≠no they don’t offer full protection against an airborne virus but a respirator like trades have worn for decades since before covid do
David Roth memorably described the job of neoliberal economists as finding "new ways to say 'actually, your boss is right.'" Not just bosses: economists are a bulwark against obvious answers to our worst agonies: wages, education, health and shelter:
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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How can we solve the student debt crisis? Well, we could cancel student debt and regulate the price of education, either directly or through free state college.
How can we solve America's heath-debt crisis? We could cancel health debt and create #MedicareForAll.
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How can we solve America's heath-debt crisis? We could cancel health debt and create #MedicareForAll.
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#Enshittification is platforms devouring themselves: first they tempt users with goodies. Once users are locked in, goodies are withdrawn and dangled before businesses. Once business customers are stuck, all value is claimed for platform shareholders:
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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Enshittification isn't just another way of saying "fraud" or "price gouging" or "wage theft." Enshittification is intrinsically digital, because moving all those goodies around requires the flexibility that only comes with a *digital* businesses.
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🧐 Interesante artículo de @2itRordonez para el @elindepcom, con algunos datos correctos y otros que reclaman una necesaria corrección. Así que vamos a abrir un hilo con desmentidos de esta crónica de los accidentes de #VTC en Madrid. elindependiente.com/sociedad/2023/…
Sigue... 🧵
Sigue... 🧵
Agradecemos que publiquen este artículo, ya que con él se aprecia mejor y de forma concreta el elevado volumen de accidentes de #VTC de #Madrid.
Importante por lo que en #SeguridadVial supone para conductor, pasajeros y demás usuarios de las vías de circulación.
Sigue... 🧵
Importante por lo que en #SeguridadVial supone para conductor, pasajeros y demás usuarios de las vías de circulación.
Sigue... 🧵
Las declaraciones de @TaxiProjectEU y @EliteTaxiMadrid vienen respaldadas por la experiencia y el conocimiento continuamente renovado por su intensa campaña para defender su sector. Sus palabras responden a lo que ven día a día: conductores de #VTC precarizados.
Sigue... 🧵
Sigue... 🧵
TTF Vasan போலவே எங்கள் ஊரில் ஒரு நண்பர் DJF VLOGS என்கிற ஒரு You tube channel வைத்திருக்கிறார்.வெறும் 39 மணிநேரத்தில் கோவையிலிருந்து லடாக் சென்ற TTF வை போல, திருத்துறைப்பூண்டியிலிருந்து-லடாக்கை மூன்று நாளில் அடைவதுதான் திட்டம்.வீட்டில் தஞ்சாவூர் கிளம்புகிறேன் என்று சொல்லிவிட்டு
லடாக் கிளம்புகிறார்.
கையில் பண இருப்பு வெறும் 3000 ரூபாய்தான்,Sponsorகளை நம்பி லடாக் வரை பயணம் செய்ய வேண்டும்,நான் செய்வது சரியா தவறா,கழுத்தை நெறிக்கும் கடன்,லடாக் சென்று வந்தால் எதாவது மாறுமா என்று பார்க்கலாம் என்றுதான் அவருடைய வீடியோ தொடங்குகிறது.
கையில் பண இருப்பு வெறும் 3000 ரூபாய்தான்,Sponsorகளை நம்பி லடாக் வரை பயணம் செய்ய வேண்டும்,நான் செய்வது சரியா தவறா,கழுத்தை நெறிக்கும் கடன்,லடாக் சென்று வந்தால் எதாவது மாறுமா என்று பார்க்கலாம் என்றுதான் அவருடைய வீடியோ தொடங்குகிறது.
அவருடைய You tube கணக்கில் சுமார் 127k subscribers. Shorts மூலம் இந்த அளவு ரீச் அடைந்திருக்கிறார்.
பயணம் ஆரம்பித்து மூன்று நாள்,நான்கு நாள்,ஐந்து நாள்,பத்து நாள் ஆகியும் லடாக்கை அடைய முடியவில்லை.கிட்டத்தட்ட காஷ்மீர் வரை சென்று லடாக் செல்லாமல் வண்டியை ஒரு ட்ரெயினில் ஏற்றிவிட்டு
பயணம் ஆரம்பித்து மூன்று நாள்,நான்கு நாள்,ஐந்து நாள்,பத்து நாள் ஆகியும் லடாக்கை அடைய முடியவில்லை.கிட்டத்தட்ட காஷ்மீர் வரை சென்று லடாக் செல்லாமல் வண்டியை ஒரு ட்ரெயினில் ஏற்றிவிட்டு
'Every year should be the year of youth. Their figures double the normal unemployment in Europe, and in some member states the situation is worse. And then they often lack proper working conditions, harming their living conditions'
@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary #Youth #Skills
@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary #Youth #Skills
'#Traineeships are great as a transition to the labour market. But multiplication of traineeships are not a substitute for proper employment. And traineeships are a learning opportunity, not a tool for cheap labour'
@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary #Youth #Skills
@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary #Youth #Skills
'Many young people are working in the #GigEconomy. It might be a good way to get a job but in many cases especially on #platforms, they have no social protection, they are underpaid. They must have proper and decent working conditions and pay'
@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary
@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary
1/ Ahead of the annual 11 November #SinglesDay, China Labour Bulletin has launched an English-language explainer on the platform economy in China, as part of our series, What You Need to Know About Workers in China. #gigeconomy clb.org.hk/content/platfo…
2/ We originally published this explainer in Chinese, available here: clb.org.hk/zh-hans/conten…
3/ We focus on food delivery riders and ride-hailing drivers as we describe the rise of China's tech companies, how algorithms have shaped working conditions, barriers to asserting labour rights, collective actions, and government regulation of the industry, among other topics.
The @ilo platform work meeting failed because the Employers withdrew from negotiations late on the final day. Workers & Govts were unanimously open to standard-setting action. Workers explicitly called for a Convention. Matter now with the GB. #gigeconomy
Some details:🧵1/13
Some details:🧵1/13
For the Workers’ Group, an ILO Convention would cover both in-situ and online platform work and apply to ALL platform workers in the broadest sense of the term.
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Despite significant differences between in-situ/online work, it is their similarities that warrant attention from a labour protection perspective – in primis algorithmic mgmnt & biz models built on non-standard forms of work, including exploitative disguised employment.
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Here’s an important term along with the relevant statistics that you need to know for #UPSC : #gigeconomy !
Gig Economy:
It’s a free market system in which temporary positions are common & organizations hire independent workers for short-term commitments.
A thread 🧵:
Gig Economy:
It’s a free market system in which temporary positions are common & organizations hire independent workers for short-term commitments.
A thread 🧵:
The term "gig" is a slang word for a job that lasts for a specified period of time.
Examples: Ola or Uber drivers, Swiggy or Zomato delivery agents, etc.
Facts related Gig Economy in India⬇️:
Examples: Ola or Uber drivers, Swiggy or Zomato delivery agents, etc.
Facts related Gig Economy in India⬇️:
• According to #nitiaayog :
“The Indian gig workforce is expected to expand to 23.5 million workers by 2029-30.”
• As per a report by ASSOCHAM, India’s gig sector is expected to increase to US$455 billion at a CAGR of 17% by 2024.
“The Indian gig workforce is expected to expand to 23.5 million workers by 2029-30.”
• As per a report by ASSOCHAM, India’s gig sector is expected to increase to US$455 billion at a CAGR of 17% by 2024.
The Gig Economy Project weekly newsletter is out!
This week we look at @Elite_TaxiBcn's victory over Uber, Bolt & Cabify - are #Barcelona's Taxistas a model for how to stop the 'Uberisation' of the economy?
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This week we look at @Elite_TaxiBcn's victory over Uber, Bolt & Cabify - are #Barcelona's Taxistas a model for how to stop the 'Uberisation' of the economy?
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In the news:
- EU anti-Trust raid of Delivery Hero & Glovo
- Stuart Delivery couriers sacked due to faulty GPS
- @FitCisl ask for Govt meeting as Gorillas Italy liquidates
- Protest as Street Fleet lays off riders
- French court finds Deliveroo guilty of "moral harassment"
- EU anti-Trust raid of Delivery Hero & Glovo
- Stuart Delivery couriers sacked due to faulty GPS
- @FitCisl ask for Govt meeting as Gorillas Italy liquidates
- Protest as Street Fleet lays off riders
- French court finds Deliveroo guilty of "moral harassment"
On the Gig Economy Project this week:
Taxistas beat Uber in battle for Barcelona braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr…
Taxistas beat Uber in battle for Barcelona braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr…
#Gigeconomy #GENERATIONZ getting royally shafted by @JustEatUK & @Stuart_Delivery @JustEatBusiness @JustEatTakeaway @DPDgroup_news
Time to wake up and join a union?
@labourstart @alexjkmarshall @ILRF @IWGBunion @IWGB_CLB @United_PHD @project_gig
theguardian.com/business/2022/…
Time to wake up and join a union?
@labourstart @alexjkmarshall @ILRF @IWGBunion @IWGB_CLB @United_PHD @project_gig
theguardian.com/business/2022/…
@BRAVENEWEUROPE1 @Union_NewsUK @ITFglobalunion @UVWunion @LondonIWW @USILive @labourunionsuk @NEON_UK @HCHLopez
Gig Economy Project: From Gig Worker to Union Leader – Interview with Alex Marshall
braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr…
Gig Economy Project: From Gig Worker to Union Leader – Interview with Alex Marshall
braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr…
'gig' workers' rights?
Corporations from Deliveroo to Uber have left riders + drivers #ClappedAndScrapped.
We won't stop fighting
Corporations from Deliveroo to Uber have left riders + drivers #ClappedAndScrapped.
We won't stop fighting
Non sappiamo se è ingenuità o arroganza, ma la #Milano peggiore, quella del #SalonedelMobile, è ben esemplificata da questo: un #archistar, protagonista della #gentrificazione instagrammabile meneghina, che vorrebbe rendere esteticamente bella persino l'indigenza più estrema.
#Milano, dove il "tasso di sforzo" del reddito sull'affitto è il più alto d'Italia (43%); dove sono 80mila gli appartamenti sfitti (di cui 10mila pubblici, #MM e #ALER); dove anche giovani medici, tramvieri, lavoratori dell'amm. pubb. rinunciano ad abitare per il costo eccessivo.
#Milano, la città "dei 15 minuti" garantita dalla #gigeconomy e dal lavoro sfruttato dei #riders, dallo svuotamento della vera prossimità per far posto ai magazzini di stoccaggio del delivery e della micro-logistica.
"May this conference serve as an invitation to all of us, as representatives of faiths and leaders in society, to discharge the responsibility for humankind to unite as members of one single human family.” -- Ariane Sabet greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/dai…
Alex Tabarrok on Twitter
#LargeLanguageModels, #ZeroShotLearning, #ReasoningPrompt, #ArtificialIntelligence
#LargeLanguageModels, #ZeroShotLearning, #ReasoningPrompt, #ArtificialIntelligence
Fading Family Lines- Women and Men Without Children, Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren in 19th, 20th and 21st Century Northern Sweden
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#FamilyLineage, #SwedishPopulationStudy, #LineageExtinction, #AdulthoodMortality
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
#FamilyLineage, #SwedishPopulationStudy, #LineageExtinction, #AdulthoodMortality
During today's US Senate HELP hearing on #retirementsavings and #emergencysavings, we'll hear testimony from @AspenFSP’s @idarademacher, @WISERwomen’s Cindy Hounsell, @GROUPIRA’s Petros Koumantaros and @TIAA’s Doug Chittenden.
help.senate.gov/hearings/rise-…
help.senate.gov/hearings/rise-…
The US House is also scheduled today to vote and pass on bipartisan HR 2954 - Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021 - also known at #SECURE2.0 - sponsored by Reps Neal (D-MA) and Brady (R-TX).
congress.gov/bill/117th-con…
congress.gov/bill/117th-con…
📢THE YEAR IN WORK📢
So here's my rundown on this year’s biggest developments in the world of work. From Covid, to attempts to regulate the gig economy, 2021 has seen massive changes to how we work, and how we respond to these challenges. Here are the 12 biggest stories...
So here's my rundown on this year’s biggest developments in the world of work. From Covid, to attempts to regulate the gig economy, 2021 has seen massive changes to how we work, and how we respond to these challenges. Here are the 12 biggest stories...
1⃣ THE GIG IS UP!
2021 has been a real turning point in the fight for #gigeconomy rights. The year kicked off with the UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers were entitled to employment rights, followed weeks later by Deliveroo’s disastrous stock market debut.
2021 has been a real turning point in the fight for #gigeconomy rights. The year kicked off with the UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers were entitled to employment rights, followed weeks later by Deliveroo’s disastrous stock market debut.
Regulation also took centre stage, with Spain’s rider law, followed by the European Commission’s platform work proposal. In the US, Prop 22, the ballot proposal promoted by Uber and other gig companies which sought to overturn gig worker rights, was ruled unconstitutional.
BREAKING: After yrs of worker/union advocacy, litigation & organising, @EU_Commission publishes #gigeconomy work Directive with a presumption of employment status for app-workers & provisions on algo mgmt. Amendments needed, but a MASSIVE step forward.🧵1/
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The purpose of the Directive is to ‘ensure correct determination of platform workers’ employment status, by promoting transparency, fairness and accountability in algorithmic management in platform work and by improving transparency in platform work’.
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'Platform’ & ‘platform work' refer to work organised through a platform (‘necessary/essential element’) & performed by an individual on the basis of a contractual rel'ship btw platform & individual irrespective of rel'ship with end user.
OK but 'organisation' needs clarity. 3/
OK but 'organisation' needs clarity. 3/
🚨📢 Major #gigeconomy news: new #EU rules for platform work published today, incl employment status presumption and rules for algorithmic management – innovative & welcome measures. Let’s take a closer look 🧵👇
Given the explosive growth of platform work across Europe, improving the conditions of PF workers was a key commitment in @EU_Commission Pres @vonderleyen ‘s political guidelines @NicolasSchmitEU @EU_Social
@EU_Commission @vonderleyen @NicolasSchmitEU @EU_Social The proposal seeks to realise this through three specific objectives: 1) ensuring correct employment status, 2) fairness, transparency, and accountability in algorithmic management, and 3) enhance transparency in PF work and improve enforcement of applicable rules
Are you an @Upwork freelancer?
Are you sending proposals one after another without a response?
Feeling like you are exhausting all your connects?
I have a whole FREE playlist with info to help you out. youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Are you sending proposals one after another without a response?
Feeling like you are exhausting all your connects?
I have a whole FREE playlist with info to help you out. youtube.com/playlist?list=…
How to pitch for
@Upwork
and other freelance writing gigs.
- Should I write a long or short proposal?
- How should I package my skills?
- I never get any jobs. What am I doing wrong?
- How do I stand out from competition?
#marketing #freelancework
@Upwork
and other freelance writing gigs.
- Should I write a long or short proposal?
- How should I package my skills?
- I never get any jobs. What am I doing wrong?
- How do I stand out from competition?
#marketing #freelancework
Also, if you still feel like you need an hour of my time, let's work together to optimize your profile and perfect that proposal.
I will show you how.
Enrol here. attisfire.com/freelance
I will show you how.
Enrol here. attisfire.com/freelance
🧵Thread on Indian #Gigeconomy and #UrbanCompany Fiasco
▶️Gig economy models funded by VCs and helmed by wealthy founders in India are not job creators. The PR story that they want you to believe is that startups like Urbancompany, Swiggy, Zomato, & Dunzo are job creators, when in fact they are job "replacers/displacers".
▶️Allow me to explain. Don't jump ship yet...The term gig work (or economy) can no more apply to these startups; this classification is a PR terminology used (and overused) and paraded by startup journalists right out of company supplied press releases.
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 08/13/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/08/13/dai…
A terrifying new theory: Fake news and conspiracy theories as an evolutionary strategy
salon.com/2021/08/08/a-t…
#FakeNews #ConspiracyTheories #EvolutionaryStrategy #GroupConflict #deception
salon.com/2021/08/08/a-t…
#FakeNews #ConspiracyTheories #EvolutionaryStrategy #GroupConflict #deception
Spatial and temporal scales of variability for indoor air constituents
nature.com/articles/s4200…
#ResearchStudy #variability #IndoorAirConstituents #SpatialScales #TemporalScales
nature.com/articles/s4200…
#ResearchStudy #variability #IndoorAirConstituents #SpatialScales #TemporalScales
As the gig economy is growing rapidly in Malaysia, how you could take advantage of it and become a successful freelancer?
I'll share 7 steps to becoming a successful freelancer in Malaysia.
Let's get started!
#freelancing #freelancer #gigeconomy #freelancemalaysia
I'll share 7 steps to becoming a successful freelancer in Malaysia.
Let's get started!
#freelancing #freelancer #gigeconomy #freelancemalaysia
Step 1: Determine whether freelancing is for you.
Freelancing has its pros and cons, but, in general, you must possess a specific mindset to be a freelancer. Being your own boss is a great thing if you're disciplined and reliable.
Freelancing has its pros and cons, but, in general, you must possess a specific mindset to be a freelancer. Being your own boss is a great thing if you're disciplined and reliable.
Step 2: Find the right freelance platform
Choosing the platform with the model that fits your needs and salary expectations is incredibly important for your success. Plenty of freelancing websites encourage the so-called "race to the bottom," which results in poor quality work.
Choosing the platform with the model that fits your needs and salary expectations is incredibly important for your success. Plenty of freelancing websites encourage the so-called "race to the bottom," which results in poor quality work.
Petang tadi saya mengadakan tinjauan kali kedua ke YADIMart di Seri Kembangan. Alhamdulillah, pelanggan bertali arus berkunjung dengan mematuhi SOP yang telah ditetapkan.
Sukacita ingin saya umumkan, perkembangan jualan dari bulan ke bulan telah meningkat 200% sejak YADIMart mula dilancarkan dengan anggaran RM100,000 ke RM300,000 setiap bulan.
Bagi sebuah pasaraya yang baharu beroperasi dan memfokuskan produk Bumiputera, Muslim disamping produk tempatan, ini adalah perkembangan yang amat baik.
Some thoughts on #Uber's decision to implement *part* of the UK SC ruling and what this means in the wider context.
- The shift in language on employment rights vs flexibility is VERY significant even if Uber was careful to say this is 'unique' to the UK'...
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#gigeconomy
- The shift in language on employment rights vs flexibility is VERY significant even if Uber was careful to say this is 'unique' to the UK'...
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#gigeconomy
...Uber's position has always been about a trade-off between employment rights (even if limited under 'worker' status) & flexibility. This shift has implications beyond the UK.
- Will Uber use this play to campaign for IC+/3rd category elsewhere? That will prob not change.
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- Will Uber use this play to campaign for IC+/3rd category elsewhere? That will prob not change.
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- 'Workers' are entitled to certain employment rights under English law. True to form Uber was selective in which ones they *mentioned* in their PR/SEC filing. More concerning is if/how they will grant those rights w/out a union or proper enforcement
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🚨After years of worker/union-led litigation, #Uber will classify their drivers (NOT riders) in the UK as 'workers' (min wage, holiday pay, union rights & more). Turning point for the #gigeconomy. Battle on definition of 'working time' ahead. Still, wow. ft.com/content/8d3947…
SEC Filing sets out further details 👇🏾
Holiday time based on 12.07% of earnings. Drivers automatically enrolled into a pension plan with contributions from Uber.
So you can have employment rights and flexibility after all!
sec.report/Document/00015…
Holiday time based on 12.07% of earnings. Drivers automatically enrolled into a pension plan with contributions from Uber.
So you can have employment rights and flexibility after all!
sec.report/Document/00015…
And here is Dara's op-ed in the Evening Standard. We'll need to analyse what this means in detail, but today is undeniably a MASSIVE day for decent work in the #gigeconomy. Thinking of the drivers, claimants, unions, organisers & lawyers that got us here. standard.co.uk/comment/commen…
