#gig-economy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gig-economy, aggregated by home.social.
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I Tracked Down the Hidden Workers Secretly Powering ChatGPT - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aooiDA-AsNo#AI #GenAI #Tech #BigTech #Employment #GigEconomy #DataWork #Capitalism
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We all know how the #gigEconomy has eroded workers rights the same way as #TurboCapitalism has preyed on the vulnerable in global #inequality. This video by More Perfect Union shows how #AI companies are extending this gig work into the knowledge work domain. Technology CAN bring democratisation but only if built in a #NonExploitative manner. We need to solve this quickly and be aware that using AI tools is currently as exploitative as the gig economy or fast fashion.
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"Just Eat dismissed about 1,700 couriers in the UK in 2023 when it returned to a gig economy model and scrapped an experiment that offered guaranteed minimum pay, sick pay and holiday pay in six cities in the UK and Europe."
That 'Capitalism', ...yeah?
#JustEat #LabourRights #Employment #LateStageCapitalism #GigEconomy #UKPol #UKpolitics #UKLaw
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Thousands of Just Eat couriers launch legal action to improve workers’ rights https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/04/just-eat-couriers-launch-legal-action-improve-workers-rights #CouriersdeliveryIndustry #GigEconomy #EmploymentTribunals #EmploymentLaw #Business #WorkCareers #Law #UkNews
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Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/03/dynamic-pay-uber-tuc #GigEconomy #Business #Tuc #Politics #UkNews #TradeUnions #EmploymentLaw #DataProtection #Law #CouriersdeliveryIndustry
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The Struggle at Mama Earth and Lessons for the Labour Movement
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https://socialistproject.ca/2026/04/struggle-at-mama-earth-lessons-for-labour-movement/
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Uber driver Michael was assaulted by passengers. He says the platform’s response added insult to injury https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/21/uber-driver-assaulted-by-passengers-platform-response #IndustrialRelations #Uber #AustraliaNews #GigEconomy #Transport
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Great! Just great! FANTASTIC!! 🥃🦁
The #GigEconomy wants to #enshitify #Healthcare even more by injecting a bit more of that short term hiring in order to avoid giving workers pesky things, like stable economy and schedule by way of long term contractual obligations on part of the employer.
Why need that, when you can skip employment altogether!
‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds | US healthcare | The Guardian
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‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/healthcare-nurses-gig-work-ai-apps #UsHealthcare #UsNews #HealthcareIndustry #GigEconomy #Business #Technology #AiArtificialIntelligence
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「柔軟な労働力」は誰に利益をもたらし、誰にリスクを押しつけるのか
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LA Times: California’s gas prices push Uber and Lyft drivers off the road
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🔬🤖 Ah, Silicon Valley, where turning brilliant scientists into overqualified Uber drivers is the latest innovation. 😅🌟 Who knew that years of academic research would lead to a prestigious career in the gig economy? 🚀💸
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-silicon-valley-andreesen-thiel-stem/ #SiliconValley #GigEconomy #OverqualifiedInnovation #AcademicResearch #UberDrivers #HackerNews #ngated -
How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists into Exploited Gig Workers
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-silicon-valley-andreesen-thiel-stem/
#HackerNews #SiliconValley #GigEconomy #Exploitation #ScienceWorkers #TechEthics #AIImpact
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ZipRecruiter says grad job market is improving even as AI fears grow
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/grad-job-market-ai-ziprecruiter/
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Quince Mountain on applife labour
'I’m not here to judge. If your two-item order consists of K-Y personal lubricant and goldfish crackers, go for it! But I’d be lying If I said that I’m not sometimes curious. Just in that way that one wonders how other people manage to get through this life. I’m mainly looking for tips. How do people survive their days'
#gigEconomy #workinForTheApp #appLife #technology #precariousLabor
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II 71% dei lavoratori gig in #Kenya possiede una qualifica, una istruzione o una formazione formale ottenuta dopo la scuola secondaria superiore, presso università o istituti di istruzione professionale.
Non lavorano a tempo determinato perché mancano di competenze. Sono lì perché i mercati del lavoro formali non hanno spazio per loro.
Questo è un fallimento politico, non personale.
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125 anni dalla nascita di #AdrianoOlivetti. Su RaiPlay c'è anche una fiction diretta da Michele Soavi (che è nipote dell'imprenditore) intitolata "La forza di un sogno" ma questo ritratto, girato nel 1960 pochi giorni prima della sua scomparsa, può essere considerato un testamento. In epoca di #gigeconomy, un altro modo di concepire il #lavoro https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/ritratticontemporaneiadrianoolivetti
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New Tax Break for Gig Workers and Tipped Employees: What You Need to Know
📰 Original title: What gig workers and employees who get tips need to know about the new no-tax-on-tips tax break
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/new-tax-break-for-gig-workers-and-tipped-employees-what-you-need-to-know/?redirpost=5bf98279-71a6-41cb-a15b-8923e5f4aed0
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Apps pressure delivery riders into courting danger – here’s what needs to change
#DeliveryWorkers #GigEconomy #WorkersRights #Economy #LaborRights #FoodDelivery #RideSafety #BigTech #Reform #HumanRights #FairPay #TechEthics #UrbanLife #CyclingSafety
https://the-14.com/apps-pressure-delivery-riders-into-courting-danger-heres-what-needs-to-change/ -
This week, Copenhagen gig workers protested work conditions under the mercurial algorithms of Wolt, a DoorDash subsidiary.
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"Uber is funneling tens of millions into a California ballot initiative that could make it harder for riders, pedestrians, and drivers to sue for damages after car crashes.
The measure could also limit consumers’ ability to take car manufacturers to court over defective parts. It is part of a broader multistate liability reform campaign Uber is backing ahead of its $1.25 billion plan to unleash robotaxis on a massive scale.
The California proposal, dubbed the “Protecting Automobile Accident Victims from Attorney Self-Dealing Act,” is slated for the November midterm election. It would require crash victims to keep 75 percent of their total settlement awards, leaving lawyers and hospitals to split the remaining 25 percent.
Uber has reportedly spent more than $30 million backing the initiative, which would apply to all automobile crash settlements in the state, not just those involving rideshare companies.
Supporters say the measure would put more money in victims’ pockets. But critics warn it could have the opposite effect, making it harder for car crash victims to find legal representation.
Many lawyers agree to take on such lawsuits on the condition that they will be paid only if their client wins. The 25 percent cap would not cover litigation costs in many cases, according to the California-based Dolan Law Firm, which helped craft the state’s rideshare insurance laws.
“If there is no viable way to be reimbursed, no firm can afford to cover these costs,” the firm wrote in a December blog post. “If attorneys cannot afford to take cases, victims lose access to legal representation.”"
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/uber-crashes-lawsuit-california-robotaxis/
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Big retailers say UK jobs at risk from guaranteed hours reforms https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar/30/big-retailers-uk-jobs-at-risk-guaranteed-hours-reforms #EmploymentLaw #WorkersRights #RetailIndustry #YoungPeople #GigEconomy #TradeUnions #Business #UkNews
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Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost?
"Gig AI training is a new emerging category of work, and it will grow substantially..."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/21/ai-trainers-identity-cost