Tag: gig economy
Novara FM: From Plantation to Platform With Dalia Gebrial
Report: Delivery Riders Are Striking All Over the Place
by Polly Smythe
Report: Deliveroo Thinks France Has the ‘Most Progressive’ Gig Economy. Deliveroo Has Been Fined for Workers’ Rights Abuses in France
by Polly Smythe
Analysis: The ‘Uber Leaks’ Were No Surprise to Long Suffering Private Hire Drivers
by Polly Smythe
Report: Sheffield Food Couriers Are Waging the Longest Strike in the History of the Gig Economy
by Callum Cant
For the last ten nights, delivery drivers in Sheffield have been picketing McDonald's branches over a Christmas pay cut. Callum Cant reports on the longest strike to ever hit the UK gig economy.
Novara Live: Starmer’s Reboot Speech
Novara Docs: Reclaiming Work
Freelance Work Has Always Been Precarious, Not Aspirational. Coronavirus Has Made That Clear
by Sophie McKay
With the government’s most recent measure to support self-employed workers leaving many with no support at all, the dangerous and uncertain nature of freelance work has been exposed, writes Sophie McKay.
Coronavirus Shows How the Government Fails Precarious Workers
by Beth Perkin and Charlotte England
The government’s new job retention measures have received widespread praise, despite ignoring the needs of millions of vulnerable workers on insecure contracts who are exempt from the benefit. Novara spoke to three workers about how their lives and livelihoods are being impacted.
The Deaths of Gig Workers Are Not Freak Incidents, but the Result of a Brutal Business Model
by Phil Jones
Explainers: The Gig Economy Is Killing People
Platform workers are literally dying on the job. As ever, the working class have to risk their lives for the profits of the ruling class. This is capitalism baby.