Novara FM: From Plantation to Platform With Dalia Gebrial
The TyskySour co-host explores how platform capitalism depends on a racialised workforce.
Tag: uber
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.
Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone
by Rivkah Brown
Saturday night’s immigration raid in Dalston, north London is part of a years-long effort to cleanse the area of its brown and Black couriers. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: With Uber Paying Peanuts, Exploited Drivers Are Cancelling Rides
by Polly Smythe
Uber is blaming a driver shortage for costly fares, long wait times and multiple cancellations. Drivers, however, say the root of these problems is the company’s exploitation of its workforce. Polly Smythe reports.
Opinion: I’m an Uber Driver. Me and Hundreds of Others Are Going on Strike to Demand the Rights We Deserve
by Rema Diallo
On Wednesday, hundreds of Uber drivers will go on strike. Driver Rema Diallo explains why.
Ash Wednesday: You Will Never Be a Billionaire, Here’s Why.
Ash Sarkar unlocks the secrets of billionaire success that the Fortune 500 don’t want YOU to know. Hustle, grind, and mental fortitude? Nah. It’s exploitation.
The Bastani Factor: Will Amazon Fresh Kill the High Street? | the Bastani Factor
Amazon already dominates online retail, but is it set to take over the high street? Last month, Jeff Bezos’ trillion-dollar company opened the UK’s first Amazon Fresh store, stocked with own brand groceries, including milk and meat, and cashiers replaced by an entirely automated process. Aaron Bastani visited the store in Ealing, West London, to […]
Live: Starmer’s Reboot Speech
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial
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.
No Alarms and No Surprises? What Lyft’s Slump Tells Us About Modern Capitalism
by James Meadway
In this week's column, John McDonnell's former advisor, James Meadway, scratches the surface of the current tech bubble. To help us make sense of it all, he takes us through the weird economics of networks and the even weirder economics of the last ten years.
London’s Air Quality Is a Problem, But Sadiq Khan’s Congestion Charge Isn’t the Solution
by Kulsoom Jafri and Charlie Macnamara
From April this year, Sadiq Khan plans to impose a new congestion charge of £11.50 per day on minicab drivers in an attempt to reduce air pollution in London. But with the charge set to cost up to £4k each year to drivers already on the brink of poverty, this policy needlessly pits people against planet, argue Kulsoom Jafri and Charlie Macnamara.
‘We’ve reached a tipping point’: Why Fast Food Workers Are Going on Strike
by Joe Hayns
On Thursday 4 October fast food workers across the country are coordinating walkouts in what promises to be the first multi-workforce, national-scale hospitality industry strike in a generation. Joe Hayns caught up with some of the strikers and organisers to find out why.
Now is the Time for Worker Power in the Tech Industry
by Wendy Liu
Among the upper echelons of the tech industry there is strong hostility to the idea of organised labour. But the tech sector is too important to cede control of it to capital, and lately there have been more and more reasons why tech workers need to build collective power, writes Wendy Liu.
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.
Taxi for Uber? It’s Time for London to Take Control of Transport
by Nathan Akehurst
While Uber has ridden roughshod over regulators and unions for years, Transport for London's licence revocation puts thousands of jobs at risk. We need to stand up to Uber, but is there room for a solution which benefits drivers and passengers in the long term?
Left Left Up: Tesla, Robot Tax and Uber
Watch the inaugural ‘Left Left Up’ – your monthly fix of gaming & tech news covered from a radical perspective. This month we will be discussing Tesla, Robot Taxes, Uber Drivers and so much more!
#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.