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Jul 10, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
The #UberFiles: 5 things you need to know

The Gig Economy Project looks at the key revelations from the Uber Files, a massive leak of of internal documents from the US ridehail giant uncovering the company’s true face.

braveneweurope.com/the-uberfiles-… 1) Uber are, in their own words, "pirates". #UberFiles
Jul 10, 2022 5 tweets 6 min read
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?

Get GEP's newsletter in your inbox, here: braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr… 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"
Dec 9, 2021 9 tweets 5 min read
REACTION to the #PlatformWorkDirective from unions, academics and platforms.

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braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr… .@_aloisi and @valeriodeste give 👍, but with some reservations. More here: socialeurope.eu/european-commi…
Dec 9, 2021 19 tweets 4 min read
We have read through a copy of the EU Commission’s Platform Work Directive, set to be officially announced shortly at a press conference.

Here are some of the key lines from the Directive. 🧵 “GUIDED BY THE FACTS”

On employment status, the determination shall “be guided primarily by the facts relating to the actual performance of work and notably the remuneration of the persons performing platform work, taking into account..."