Report: Royal Mail is Using an App to Try and Break the Posties’ Strike
by Polly Smythe
Ryde is offering scab shifts on strike dates, Polly Smythe reports.
Tag: gig economy
Novara FM: From Plantation to Platform With Dalia Gebrial
The TyskySour co-host explores how platform capitalism depends on a racialised workforce.
Report: Delivery Riders Are Striking All Over the Place
by Polly Smythe
In Luton, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Harlow, Slough and Basingstoke, riders are striking against abysmal pay and long hours.
Report: Deliveroo Thinks France Has the ‘Most Progressive’ Gig Economy. Deliveroo Has Been Fined for Workers’ Rights Abuses in France
by Polly Smythe
The remarks were made by Peter Mandelson’s godson at a Labour Party fringe event sponsored by Deliveroo.
Analysis: The ‘Uber Leaks’ Were No Surprise to Long Suffering Private Hire Drivers
by Polly Smythe
Leaked documents show how Uber executives knew company behaviour was “just fucking illegal”. Drivers had long suspected it.
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.
Live: Starmer’s Reboot Speech
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial
Novara Docs: Reclaiming Work
Cycle courier cooperatives are turning technology on the gig economy giants.
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
Homeless drivers, fatal crashes, suicides and other violent incidents are now the norm in the so-called gig economy. But with a government that cares precious little about labour rights, workers themselves will have to take up the fight for themselves, writes 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.
Sacked at Christmas: Uber Eats Fires Workers for Objecting to Pay Cut
by Callum Cant
Uber Eats terminated workers' contracts in West London after a group withdrew their labour to protest against a massive drop in pay. But the couriers have joined a union and are fighting back.
Long Read: Uber Eats Riders Facing Precarity and Pollution in Mexico City
by Caterina Morbiato
With no healthcare, no protections and poor pay, Uber Eats drivers in Mexico City are on the receiving end of shoddy treatment, while the company looks to expand its reach. Caterina Morbiato reports.
5 Things You Need to Know About the Latest Industrial Action Against Deliveroo
by Jim Benfield
Following a one day strike earlier in the month, Deliveroo riders in Brighton are now launching a full campaign with the help of the IWGB union.
#Slaveroo, Industrial Action and Cooperativism: What Does the Future of the Digital Platform Economy Hold?
by Jim Benfield
Recent strikes by Deliveroo and UberEats workers drive home the threats to rights and conditions behind the growth of the digital platform economy. What does the future hold for these technologies and our relationship to them?
UberEats Workers on Strike and Hungry for Fair Pay
by Joe Hayns
This summer saw the London launch of UberEats - a new food delivery platform to rival Deliveroo. Yesterday UberEats drivers took their first strike action. Here’s a round-up.
5 Things You Need To Know About the UberEATS Strike
by Callum Cant
On Friday, drivers for UberEats - the new food delivery platform from Uber - will go on strike across London. Following soon after the recent Deliveroo strike, these disputes represent exciting developments in new forms of political action at work.