#gig-workers — Public Fediverse posts

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/gig-economy-labor-rights-workers

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/uber-rideshare-exploitation-unions-organizing

CGWU
https://www.seiu521.org/press-release/california-gig-drivers-win-union

App Drivers & Couriers Union https://adcu.org.uk/

Rideshare Drivers United
https://www.drivers-united.org/

New York Taxi Workers
https://www.nytwa.org

LDU app-based delivery workers in New York City.
https://www.workersjustice.org/en/ldu

Digital Workers Inquiry
https://www.commonnotions.org/buy/notes-toward-a-digital-workers-inquiry?

ILO on “Platform Economy”
https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/ILC114-Instrument%20C.193-EN.pdf

#deliverydrivers #gigworkers #labourmovement
#workingpoor

Delivery drivers in Australia will be paid a minimum rate of Aus $31.30 (US $22.05/ UK £16.35) an hour and insured for injuries on the job under a landmark agreement approved by the industrial umpire

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/11/delivery-drivers-to-be-paid-minimum-3130-an-hour-across-australia-in-world-leading-decision

#deliverydrivers #gigworkers #minimumwage

Minimum standards for on-demand food delivery workers

The delivery workers risking their lives bringing food to your couch will now be paid a minimum of $31.30 an hour across Australia.

"The Fair Work Commission (FWC) on Tuesday issued a new minimum standards order for gig workers who perform on-demand delivery of food, drinks, or groceries, and the operators of the digital platforms who engage their services."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/11/delivery-drivers-to-be-paid-minimum-3130-an-hour-across-australia-in-world-leading-decision
#work #food #transport #DeliveryWorkers #FWC #PushBike #GigWorkers #PlatformEconomy

Rest of World: The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn’s “thought leadership” content mill. “Rest of World spoke to six Filipino virtual assistants and two agencies who described a unique industry of low-paid and AI-assisted offshore workers producing content for executives and so-called thought leaders on LinkedIn. The names of the virtual assistants have been changed to protect […]

The Register: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to stop accepting new customers – and not even AI can save it. “Earlier this week, AWS added the Amazon SageMaker AI – Mechanical Turk service to its list of ‘Services in Maintenance’ – AWS-speak for services it will soon retire. The Mechanical Turk website also added a warning that it will ‘be closed to new customers, effective July 30, 2026. […]

TechCrunch: This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots. “In the last few years, India’s online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going public and the number of cloud kitchens increasing. … Silicon Valley-based startup Human Archive is tapping into this trend, partnering with these companies to have workers wear […]

Global May Day: **Global May Day 2026: Report Sindikasi Yogyakarta**

https://globalmayday.net/2026/05/09/sindikasi-jogja-gmd26/

This year the labour union Sindikasi Yogyakarta (Indonesia) endorsed a call on the Global May Day platform for the first time. They joined the Yogyakarta May Day rally and shared […]

#GlobalMayDay2026 #News #Gigworkers #Sindikasi

#China formalises labour rules for #gigworkers on #online #platforms
"1st comprehensive #policy framework for new employment gps, incl'g #delivery riders & livestreamers, signall'g a shift fr ad-hoc #regulation to normalisat'n of platform econ.. guidance calls for #standardised #contracts, fair pay & stronger labour protections.. Platforms must increase #transparency, consult worker reps, submit #algorithms for review & tighten regulatory scrutiny over core op'g models"👍
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-formalizes-labor-rules-for-gig-workers-on-online-platforms

I knew that the rapid development of AI came with a crushing exploitation of the environment.

What I did not realize was, that it also comes with a crushing exploitation of gig workers around the world. (A quick search gave two links:)

https://www.noemamag.com/the-exploited-labor-behind-artificial-intelligence

and

The AI Revolution Comes With the Exploitation of Gig Workers  - AlgorithmWatch
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/ai-revolution-exploitation-gig-workers/

#ai #gigworkers #exploitation

Digital Trends: The influencer economy’s invisible workers are first in line for the AI chop . “That arrangement worked because the labor was affordable and mostly invisible. Now the same businesses that benefited from it are turning to tools like OpusClip, which promise to turn long videos into short clips and publish them across platforms with a click. The factory floor was always there. AI […]

#Tip your #deliverista!

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/06/tipping-delivery-workers-drivers-food-apps/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SCOOP_03.06.2026&utm_source=1&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Tip%20your%20delivery%20guy%20the%20right%20way&utm_campaign=SCOOP_03%2006%202026

#delivery #FoodDelivery #GigWorkers #DeliveryWorkers #FoodServiceWorkers #FoodService

"The US Air Force had sent the Rivet Joint, one of the world’s most powerful surveillance aircraft, to gather intelligence before a hostile operation. The UK also owns three of the planes and last month dispatched one to the North Atlantic to support the seizure of the Marinera tanker, which the US said had transported sanctioned oil for Venezuela.

Equipped with cutting-edge military technology, the Rivet Joint can pick up radar signals, geolocate enemy systems and intercept communications from 150 miles away.

Exactly how it does this is kept strictly under wraps. But we can reveal that an Australian tech company called Appen has performed work for a secretive US military unit, code-named Big Safari, that installs the planes’ tech systems.

Appen recruits gig workers from all over the world to help train AI systems. The company’s latest annual report says it has a workforce of a million people who speak over 500 languages.

Many of these gig workers are paid very little. Some are from countries that have faced attacks from US armed forces. None were told by Appen that they may have been working for the US military."

https://restofworld.org/2026/gig-workers-us-military-appen/

#Surveillance #AI #GigEconomy #Militarism #USA #GigWorkers

Now DoorDash is closing doors.

Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars

https://www.404media.co/waymo-is-getting-doordashers-to-close-doors-on-self-driving-cars/

#Waymo #DoorDash #SelfDriving #Cars #GigWorkers #Tech

#AI #GigWorkers #capitalism

"'Rent-a-Human wants AI Agents to hire humans as gig workers

'Robots need your body.'

Based on the weekend’s viral hype around AI agents, you’d be forgiven for thinking we’re inching closer to a Cyberpunk future once reserved for sci-fi books and video games. And while that trajectory may be real, we’re also nowhere near full-blown cyber-dystopia just yet.

Still, the tech world has found something new to fixate on. As of now, it's a website called Rentahuman.ai, where humans can quite literally sell their labor to AI agents. The Rent-a-Human platform was created by crypto software engineer Alexander Liteplo after the sudden success of OpenClaw and Moltbook, and it proudly bills itself as 'the meatspace layer for AI.' (Mashable reached out to Liteplo for comment but did not receive a response.)

Think TaskRabbit, but for autonomous agents that need humans to do physical-world tasks they can’t."

https://mashable.com/article/rent-a-human-wants-ai-agents-to-hire-you

If #batman was a real #billionaires ( by DORKLY). #fun #funny #humour
#media #water #gig #gigworkers
#gigeconomy #sarcasm #irony
#surveillance_capitalism
#WageSlavery #techbros
#corporations #bigmedia

Strike for social security benefits, assured wages, and comprehensive labour protections for platform workers.
Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT)
Gig and Platform Service Workers Union (GIPSWU)
Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU)

https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/over-two-lakh-gig-workers-log-off-nationwide-in-new-years-eve-strike

#gigworkers #India #LabourMovement #Organize #Solidarity #Strike #Unions #WorkingPoor

#Flock Uses Overseas #GigWorkers to Build its #Surveillance #AI
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has #cameras in thousands of #US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
https://www.404media.co/flock-uses-overseas-gig-workers-to-build-its-surveillance-ai/
https://archive.ph/PpQUF

#Flock Uses #Overseas #GigWorkers to Build Its #Surveillance #AI

An accidental #leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the #Philippines to review and classify footage.
#flocksafety #security #privacy #artificialintelligence

https://www.wired.com/story/flock-uses-overseas-gig-workers-to-build-its-surveillance-ai/

China’s 200m Gig Workers Are A Warning For The World
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https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/09/18/chinas-200m-gig-workers-are-a-warning-for-the-world <-- shared media analysis
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https://youtu.be/5fmFyMFKnr8?si=m5hNMbuejbiNAEzL <-- shared video re: movie Upstream
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[not my usual fare, but fascinating... and, frankly, alarming...]
#china #gigeconomy #upstream #cinema #film #gigworkers #workforce #instability #AI #techplatforms #workers #employment #urban #benefits #publichealth #economy #culture #job #work #labourmarket #construction #stability
@the Economist

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-25/minimum-wage-for-gig-workers-in-historic-deal-uber-eats-doordash/106048976

#deliveryworkers #DoorDash #gigworkers #labourmovement #minimumwage #organize #transportworkers #unions #TWU #UberEats

Protection for gig workers would be awesome. Gig workers get abused so hard in this terrible job market. Mamdani has to take her idea for NYC.
https://www.wilsonforseattle.com/cityforworkingfamilies

#gigworkers
#workerrights
#contractwork
#katiewilson
#zohranfornyc
#workerprotections

Protection for gig workers would be awesome. Gig workers get abused so hard in this terrible job market. Mamdani has to take her idea for NYC.
https://www.wilsonforseattle.com/cityforworkingfamilies

#gigworkers
#workerrights
#contractwork
#katiewilson
#zohranfornyc
#workerprotections

The web's obsession with #cookies and #JavaScript is apparently more critical than China's army of gig workers 🍪🔧. Who knew world warnings could be bypassed by browser settings? 🙄✨
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/09/18/chinas-200m-gig-workers-are-a-warning-for-the-world #gigworkers #browsersettings #technews #HackerNews #ngated

DAIR's First Anniversary - Adrienne Williams, Surveillance Nation: The Real Cost of Amazon's Customer Obsession

https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/oAWnan9PXTvS3CyutatQcg