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1/16 A lot happened on the #PlatformWork directive, currently under negotiations at the @Europarl_EN and the @EUCouncil, in the past few weeks. Thought I’d put a little 🧵 together to outline key developments in the Council ahead of tomorrow’s COREPER, and what happens next⤵️
@Europarl_EN @EUCouncil 2/16 #COREPER, a meeting of all Ambassadors to the 🇪🇺, said no last Wednesday (23 Nov) to a compromise text the 🇨🇿 Presidency put together after months of negotiations. Not the end of the 🌍 but a diplomatic setback, which speaks to the sensitivity of the file
3/16 Bear in mind the 🇨🇿 do not welcome the @EU_Commission's proposal to start with. Efforts so far have been to accommodate for the more pro-platform MS of the lot, inc Eastern and Central European states. But this has irked other countries which want a more ambitious directive
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…
This is a very good proposal and a true victory for those working for labour rights and stronger social protection
This is a really important day for Social Europe. We can't let these big platforms decide workers' rights in Europe 🗣️@kimvsparrentak
This is a really important day for Social Europe. We can't let these big platforms decide workers' rights in Europe 🗣️@kimvsparrentak
.@kimvsparrentak says @EU_Commission proposals on transparency in the use of algorithms by platforms has the potential to be one of the most important advances for workers in the digital era
"Platforms will no longer be able to hide behind their algorithms"
"Platforms will no longer be able to hide behind their algorithms"
We need to ensure decent working conditions for people working through digital labour platforms.
Today, we are proposing measures to improve them and to support the sustainable growth of digital labour platforms in the EU.
#PlatformWork #SocialRights
Today, we are proposing measures to improve them and to support the sustainable growth of digital labour platforms in the EU.
#PlatformWork #SocialRights
📂Directive
L📂Workers
L ℹ️ Clear criteria to establish whether a platform is an employer and clarity on social protection and labour rights.
L📂Workers
L ℹ️ Clear criteria to establish whether a platform is an employer and clarity on social protection and labour rights.
📂Directive
L📂Platforms
L ℹ️ Increased legal certainty, reduced litigation costs, business planning facilitation.
L📂Platforms
L ℹ️ Increased legal certainty, reduced litigation costs, business planning facilitation.
"Hustling the Platform: Capitalist Experiments and Resistance in the Digital Sex Industry" by myself & Camille Barbagallo. Out now in South Atlantic Quarterly edited by @DrHeatherBerg
(Not yet OpenAccess, so a thread below. DM me for a copy) (1/8)
(Not yet OpenAccess, so a thread below. DM me for a copy) (1/8)
We argue for a clearer distinction to be upheld between 'online sex work' & 'digitally mediated direct sex work'. This is vital since direct in-person sex work differs in involving significantly greater physical & health risks & risk of criminalization (2/8)
Rather than viewing platforms as passive advertising sites, we propose they extract value from sex workers in multiple ways. Visible labor oversupply negatively impacts on safety; requirements to refresh content & respond to reviews intensifies & extends the working day (3/8)
#PlatformWork 🇪🇸 draft law has a single article and two main provisions. After several months of social dialogue, it seems that the Government and social partners have managed to agree on a final text, “inspired” by the reasoning in a major ruling issued by the Supreme Court
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1. Workers have the right to be informed about AI- or algorithm-fueled metrics, rules & instructions, which produce decisions concerning working conditions, access and retention of work, including profiling (expansive transposition of art 22 GDPR on automated decision-making)
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2. Special rebuttable presumption of employment status: All personal activities consisting in the delivery of goods in exchange for a remuneration and under the direct, indirect or implicit direction of a firm using algorithms or platform fall within the scope of the law
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NEW PAPER OUT. In this paper forthcoming in the International Labour Review I examine the personal scope of ILO Standards - THREAD 👇🏼papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… #ILO #ILS #platformwork #domesticwork #informalwork #C189
A common misconception is that ILO Standards only apply to people in a employment relationship since this was the common lynchpin for labour rights during the 20th century in most industrialized countries, and the ILO is mistakenly assumed to follow suit
Instead, if we look at the travaux préparatoires of the Standards we often find that constituents frequently intended them to cover workers beyond the standard employment relationship. This is often confirmed by the works of the ILO Supervisory Bodies. A prominent example are 👇🏼
