gig work – The Barricade

If we can’t outlaw the ‘gig’ horror, could we at least regulate it?

The Barricade
Economy & finance
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We publish an opinion expressed by the European Public Service Union (EPSU) on the critical need to regulate the market of 'platform work,' in which individuals use an app or a website to match themselves...

“You don’t own a business; you own a bike or a Suzuki”

Soma Ábrahám Kiss
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When we talk about the situation of the workforce in the first half of the 21st century, we cannot ignore the phenomenon of Internet-based job placement, the gig economy. This system exploits the potential of...

The Protests of Serbian Freelancers and the Possibilities of Digital Labor Struggles

Slobodan Golušin
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2021 witnessed an unprecedented mobilization of online freelancers in Serbia. Thousands of people, doing various online jobs on different digital platforms and organized around a common association, marched on the streets of Belgrade to protest...