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📄 What if we viewed digital economies not just as systems, but as labor-atories - sites of active class struggle and experimentation? In his new #wjds paper, Rafael Grohmann (@uoft) explores how digital labor in Latin America reflects this dynamic.

➡️ https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.6

#research #socialscience #work #DigitalLabor #DigitalEconomies #PlatformWork #LatinAmerica #GlobalSouth #DigitalSovereignty #AI #DataColonialism #TechGovernance #WorkerOrganizing
@DAIR @towardsfairwork

How does algorithmic management influence working conditions? And can the concept of "algorithm governance" help us better understand how #labor platforms govern #work?

Read this new paper by Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven):

➡ https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.WJDS/4.3.6

via Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society #wjds #openaccess #AlgorithmManagement #AlgorithmGovernance #PlatformWork #DigitalLabor #GigEconomy #WorkConditions #LaborMarket #EmploymentForms #LaborRegulation #research #sociology #socialscience

RT by @EUCouncil: #PlatformWork: #EPSCO ministers confirm deal reached between @EUCouncil and @europarl_en on new rules to improve working conditions for more than 28 million workers across the EU.

Read more in our press release 👇
https://europa.eu/!M6YYTc

[2024-03-11 15:10 UTC]

Habemus Platform Work Directive

#PlatformWorkDirective #platformwork #eu #europeanunion #labourrights

Habemus Platform Work Directive

#PlatformWorkDirective #platformwork #eu #europeanunion #labourrights

Habemus Platform Work Directive

#PlatformWorkDirective #platformwork #eu #europeanunion #labourrights

Habemus Platform Work Directive

#PlatformWorkDirective #platformwork #eu #europeanunion #labourrights

Habemus Platform Work Directive

#PlatformWorkDirective #platformwork #eu #europeanunion #labourrights

So there is a new deal on the #PlatformWorkDirective after all. From what I hear, the key presumption of employment has basically been hollowed out by leaving it to member states. Now every state gets to decide for itself when a platform worker should be treated as an employee - which destroys the core objective of unifying platform employment across the EU. #platformwork #EU #EuropeanUnion #trilogue #EUParliament #EUCouncil

So there is a new deal on the #PlatformWorkDirective after all. From what I hear, the key presumption of employment has basically been hollowed out by leaving it to member states. Now every state gets to decide for itself when a platform worker should be treated as an employee - which destroys the core objective of unifying platform employment across the EU. #platformwork #EU #EuropeanUnion #trilogue #EUParliament #EUCouncil

So there is a new deal on the #PlatformWorkDirective after all. From what I hear, the key presumption of employment has basically been hollowed out by leaving it to member states. Now every state gets to decide for itself when a platform worker should be treated as an employee - which destroys the core objective of unifying platform employment across the EU. #platformwork #EU #EuropeanUnion #trilogue #EUParliament #EUCouncil

So there is a new deal on the #PlatformWorkDirective after all. From what I hear, the key presumption of employment has basically been hollowed out by leaving it to member states. Now every state gets to decide for itself when a platform worker should be treated as an employee - which destroys the core objective of unifying platform employment across the EU. #platformwork #EU #EuropeanUnion #trilogue #EUParliament #EUCouncil

So there is a new deal on the #PlatformWorkDirective after all. From what I hear, the key presumption of employment has basically been hollowed out by leaving it to member states. Now every state gets to decide for itself when a platform worker should be treated as an employee - which destroys the core objective of unifying platform employment across the EU. #platformwork #EU #EuropeanUnion #trilogue #EUParliament #EUCouncil

The Council of the #EU has slightly watered down the #algorithmicManagement provisions in the Swedish Presidency version of the draft Directive on Platform Work. Their summary does not outline how, so let's look through... https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10107-2023-INIT/en/pdf #PWD #PlatformWorkDirective #PlatformWork #GigEconomy

The Council of the #EU has slightly watered down the #algorithmicManagement provisions in the Swedish Presidency version of the draft Directive on Platform Work. Their summary does not outline how, so let's look through... https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10107-2023-INIT/en/pdf #PWD #PlatformWorkDirective #PlatformWork #GigEconomy

The Council of the #EU has slightly watered down the #algorithmicManagement provisions in the Swedish Presidency version of the draft Directive on Platform Work. Their summary does not outline how, so let's look through... https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10107-2023-INIT/en/pdf #PWD #PlatformWorkDirective #PlatformWork #GigEconomy

The Council of the #EU has slightly watered down the #algorithmicManagement provisions in the Swedish Presidency version of the draft Directive on Platform Work. Their summary does not outline how, so let's look through... https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10107-2023-INIT/en/pdf #PWD #PlatformWorkDirective #PlatformWork #GigEconomy

The Council of the #EU has slightly watered down the #algorithmicManagement provisions in the Swedish Presidency version of the draft Directive on Platform Work. Their summary does not outline how, so let's look through... https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10107-2023-INIT/en/pdf #PWD #PlatformWorkDirective #PlatformWork #GigEconomy

#EPSCO | EU ministers for employment and social affairs have reached an agreement on #PlatformWork rules.

They also discussed #EqualityBodies, the #EuropeanSemester and #SocialDialogue.

More 👇

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncil/status/1668292465189695499

👩‍✈️ 🚴‍♂️ 👩🏻‍💻 Delivery riders, drivers, babysitters and other workers who get work through an app or a website could soon benefit from better working conditions under new EU rules.

Discover more on who digital platform workers are 👇

#PlatformWork #PlatformWorkDirective #GigEconomy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncil/status/1668174838647734273

👩‍✈️ 🚴‍♂️ 👩🏻‍💻 Delivery riders, drivers, babysitters and other workers who get work through an app or a website could soon benefit from better working conditions under new EU rules.

Discover more on who digital platform workers are 👇

#PlatformWork #PlatformWorkDirective #GigEconomy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncil/status/1668174838647734273

👩‍✈️ 🚴‍♂️ 👩🏻‍💻 Delivery riders, drivers, babysitters and other workers who get work through an app or a website could soon benefit from better working conditions under new EU rules.

Discover more on who digital platform workers are 👇

#PlatformWork #PlatformWorkDirective #GigEconomy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncil/status/1668174838647734273

#EPSCO | EU ministers for #employment & #socialpolicy meet to discuss:

🔷 platform work
🔷 equality bodies
🔷 lead limits for workers' health protection
🔷 employment policies in the EU

More 👇

#PlatformWork #PlatformWorkDirective
#EuropeanSemester

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncil/status/1668143594488619010

#EPSCO | EU ministers for #employment & #socialpolicy meet to discuss:

🔷 platform work
🔷 equality bodies
🔷 lead limits for workers' health protection
🔷 employment policies in the EU

More 👇

#PlatformWork #PlatformWorkDirective
#EuropeanSemester

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncil/status/1668143594488619010

#EPSCO | EU ministers for #employment & #socialpolicy meet to discuss:

🔷 platform work
🔷 equality bodies
🔷 lead limits for workers' health protection
🔷 employment policies in the EU

More 👇

#PlatformWork #PlatformWorkDirective
#EuropeanSemester

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncil/status/1668143594488619010

In case you’ve been hearing about the draft EU #PlatformWorkDirective and wanted to learn more, our paper on its #algorithmicManagement provisions (w Six Silberman & @RDBinns) now out in the European Labour Law Journal.
tl;dr: generally v well drafted, novel aspects worth studying, may create unintended effects, could benefit from some tweaks to avoid tensions and to shore up its complexities in a situation of high power asymmetries. https://doi.org/10.1177/20319525231167983 #gigEconomy #platformWork

In case you’ve been hearing about the draft EU #PlatformWorkDirective and wanted to learn more, our paper on its #algorithmicManagement provisions (w Six Silberman & @RDBinns) now out in the European Labour Law Journal.
tl;dr: generally v well drafted, novel aspects worth studying, may create unintended effects, could benefit from some tweaks to avoid tensions and to shore up its complexities in a situation of high power asymmetries. https://doi.org/10.1177/20319525231167983 #gigEconomy #platformWork

In case you’ve been hearing about the draft EU #PlatformWorkDirective and wanted to learn more, our paper on its #algorithmicManagement provisions (w Six Silberman & @RDBinns) now out in the European Labour Law Journal.
tl;dr: generally v well drafted, novel aspects worth studying, may create unintended effects, could benefit from some tweaks to avoid tensions and to shore up its complexities in a situation of high power asymmetries. https://doi.org/10.1177/20319525231167983 #gigEconomy #platformWork

In case you’ve been hearing about the draft EU #PlatformWorkDirective and wanted to learn more, our paper on its #algorithmicManagement provisions (w Six Silberman & @RDBinns) now out in the European Labour Law Journal.
tl;dr: generally v well drafted, novel aspects worth studying, may create unintended effects, could benefit from some tweaks to avoid tensions and to shore up its complexities in a situation of high power asymmetries. https://doi.org/10.1177/20319525231167983 #gigEconomy #platformWork

The #LeedsIndex is an interactive, global employment relations analysis tool at the forefront of documenting platform workers’ protest actions around the world.

On March 27 the Leeds Index team will launch its interactivie #analysis tool for a global #database where #PlatformWorkers document their #protest actions.

Join this hybrid event either in London or online:
https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/events/event/881/launch-of-the-leeds-index-of-platform-labour-protest

#ResearchInformed #PlatformWork #TradeUnions