🆕Sweden’s official inquiry on implementing the EU #PlatformWork Directive is complete & now in the hands of Minister Britz!
The proposal: a new law to regulate rights & obligations for platform companies, workers, self-employed, & trade unions.
www.regeringen.se/contentasset...
The proposal: a new law to regulate rights & obligations for platform companies, workers, self-employed, & trade unions.
www.regeringen.se/contentasset...
www.regeringen.se
January 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM
🆕Sweden’s official inquiry on implementing the EU #PlatformWork Directive is complete & now in the hands of Minister Britz!
The proposal: a new law to regulate rights & obligations for platform companies, workers, self-employed, & trade unions.
www.regeringen.se/contentasset...
The proposal: a new law to regulate rights & obligations for platform companies, workers, self-employed, & trade unions.
www.regeringen.se/contentasset...
🧵(5/8) Who are “quasi-subordinate” gig workers in China?
Wei Tu & Xueyu Wang (@utoronto.ca) map economic dependency and subordination among delivery riders, finding most fall outside the employee/self-employed divide.
🔗 bit.ly/4bgJK90
#PlatformWork
Wei Tu & Xueyu Wang (@utoronto.ca) map economic dependency and subordination among delivery riders, finding most fall outside the employee/self-employed divide.
🔗 bit.ly/4bgJK90
#PlatformWork
In search of quasi-subordinate workers in China: A typology of gig riders by economic dependency and subordination
The employment status of platform workers has generated debate both in China and internationally. Drawing on legal thresholds from selected developed countries and statistical indicators developed by ...
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
🧵(5/8) Who are “quasi-subordinate” gig workers in China?
Wei Tu & Xueyu Wang (@utoronto.ca) map economic dependency and subordination among delivery riders, finding most fall outside the employee/self-employed divide.
🔗 bit.ly/4bgJK90
#PlatformWork
Wei Tu & Xueyu Wang (@utoronto.ca) map economic dependency and subordination among delivery riders, finding most fall outside the employee/self-employed divide.
🔗 bit.ly/4bgJK90
#PlatformWork
Moving beyond narrow transparency debates, the report adopts a socio-technical lens to understand algorithms as sites of power—and lays out future-looking recommendations to redistribute power and control.
#PlatformWork #AlgorithmicManagement #FutureOfWork #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy #India
#PlatformWork #AlgorithmicManagement #FutureOfWork #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy #India
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Moving beyond narrow transparency debates, the report adopts a socio-technical lens to understand algorithms as sites of power—and lays out future-looking recommendations to redistribute power and control.
#PlatformWork #AlgorithmicManagement #FutureOfWork #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy #India
#PlatformWork #AlgorithmicManagement #FutureOfWork #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy #India
#NewArticle #OpenAccess "Riders on the road: An interface-centred analysis of the delivery platform workforce in Spain" in Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation by @cscolari.bsky.social, @jainamarguerrero.bsky.social, M. Piña & F. Pires #PLATCOM #platformwork www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#NewArticle #OpenAccess "Riders on the road: An interface-centred analysis of the delivery platform workforce in Spain" in Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation by @cscolari.bsky.social, @jainamarguerrero.bsky.social, M. Piña & F. Pires #PLATCOM #platformwork www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
💭Stephanie Grasser (JUKUS) explores the ILO’s Global Policy Tracker, and why legislation alone doesn’t show whether workers are truly protected.
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7404968838540439552
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #FutureOfWork #WorkerProtection
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7404968838540439552
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #FutureOfWork #WorkerProtection
December 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
💭Stephanie Grasser (JUKUS) explores the ILO’s Global Policy Tracker, and why legislation alone doesn’t show whether workers are truly protected.
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7404968838540439552
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #FutureOfWork #WorkerProtection
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7404968838540439552
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #FutureOfWork #WorkerProtection
New report: even schools aren't safe from ‘Uberisation’ of the economy.
Solution: EU member states must end the exploitation of the platform employment model by fully enforcing the #PlatformWork Directive.
Solution: EU member states must end the exploitation of the platform employment model by fully enforcing the #PlatformWork Directive.
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
New report: even schools aren't safe from ‘Uberisation’ of the economy.
Solution: EU member states must end the exploitation of the platform employment model by fully enforcing the #PlatformWork Directive.
Solution: EU member states must end the exploitation of the platform employment model by fully enforcing the #PlatformWork Directive.
Read the full paper here: itforchange.net/sites/defaul...
#PlatformWork #GenderAndTechnology #FeministEconomy #InvisibleLabor #NationalGenderFellowship
#PlatformWork #GenderAndTechnology #FeministEconomy #InvisibleLabor #NationalGenderFellowship
itforchange.net
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Read the full paper here: itforchange.net/sites/defaul...
#PlatformWork #GenderAndTechnology #FeministEconomy #InvisibleLabor #NationalGenderFellowship
#PlatformWork #GenderAndTechnology #FeministEconomy #InvisibleLabor #NationalGenderFellowship
📊 The ILO's Digital Labour Platform Tracker shows how countries regulate gig & platform work in real time.
🔗Check it out: digitallabour.ilo.org
#ILO #FutureOfWork #PlatformWork #GigEconomy #WorkerRights #LabourLaw
🔗Check it out: digitallabour.ilo.org
#ILO #FutureOfWork #PlatformWork #GigEconomy #WorkerRights #LabourLaw
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📊 The ILO's Digital Labour Platform Tracker shows how countries regulate gig & platform work in real time.
🔗Check it out: digitallabour.ilo.org
#ILO #FutureOfWork #PlatformWork #GigEconomy #WorkerRights #LabourLaw
🔗Check it out: digitallabour.ilo.org
#ILO #FutureOfWork #PlatformWork #GigEconomy #WorkerRights #LabourLaw
📢How can platforms design tech that protects worker dignity?
Find out in new blog by Dr. Sai Amulya Komarraju (@IIMAhmedabad), for InclusiveAILab & FemLab.Co.
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7396686227833303041
#FutureOfWork #PlatformWork #Ethics
Find out in new blog by Dr. Sai Amulya Komarraju (@IIMAhmedabad), for InclusiveAILab & FemLab.Co.
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7396686227833303041
#FutureOfWork #PlatformWork #Ethics
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
📢How can platforms design tech that protects worker dignity?
Find out in new blog by Dr. Sai Amulya Komarraju (@IIMAhmedabad), for InclusiveAILab & FemLab.Co.
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7396686227833303041
#FutureOfWork #PlatformWork #Ethics
Find out in new blog by Dr. Sai Amulya Komarraju (@IIMAhmedabad), for InclusiveAILab & FemLab.Co.
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7396686227833303041
#FutureOfWork #PlatformWork #Ethics
It can be difficult to keep track of the many developments happening with regard to #PlatformWork in the realms of policy, legislation and collective bargaining 🔍
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November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It can be difficult to keep track of the many developments happening with regard to #PlatformWork in the realms of policy, legislation and collective bargaining 🔍
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💭 Platform workers aren’t waiting for regulation, they’re organising.
Oğuz Alyanak (@UniofOxford) shows how workers use grassroots networks to build collective power.
📣 “Workers aren’t waiting for policy.”
👉 reshapingwork.net/ai-platforms...
#PlatformWork #WorkerVoice #ReshapingWork
Oğuz Alyanak (@UniofOxford) shows how workers use grassroots networks to build collective power.
📣 “Workers aren’t waiting for policy.”
👉 reshapingwork.net/ai-platforms...
#PlatformWork #WorkerVoice #ReshapingWork
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
💭 Platform workers aren’t waiting for regulation, they’re organising.
Oğuz Alyanak (@UniofOxford) shows how workers use grassroots networks to build collective power.
📣 “Workers aren’t waiting for policy.”
👉 reshapingwork.net/ai-platforms...
#PlatformWork #WorkerVoice #ReshapingWork
Oğuz Alyanak (@UniofOxford) shows how workers use grassroots networks to build collective power.
📣 “Workers aren’t waiting for policy.”
👉 reshapingwork.net/ai-platforms...
#PlatformWork #WorkerVoice #ReshapingWork
FEPS-Nordic Digital Programme presented by @montyaal.bsky.social & @gerardoosterwijk.bsky.social
▶️In 2023-2024, it focused on #AlgorithmicManagement & #PlatformWork
▶️In 2025-2026, it looks at the #AI systems' use in the #PublicSector & trade union capacity building on digital technologies at work
▶️In 2023-2024, it focused on #AlgorithmicManagement & #PlatformWork
▶️In 2025-2026, it looks at the #AI systems' use in the #PublicSector & trade union capacity building on digital technologies at work
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
FEPS-Nordic Digital Programme presented by @montyaal.bsky.social & @gerardoosterwijk.bsky.social
▶️In 2023-2024, it focused on #AlgorithmicManagement & #PlatformWork
▶️In 2025-2026, it looks at the #AI systems' use in the #PublicSector & trade union capacity building on digital technologies at work
▶️In 2023-2024, it focused on #AlgorithmicManagement & #PlatformWork
▶️In 2025-2026, it looks at the #AI systems' use in the #PublicSector & trade union capacity building on digital technologies at work
Just Launched: Fairwork Indonesia 2025 Report
Caught in the Crossfire — This year’s report exposes persistently poor working conditions across major platforms in Indonesia. No platform scored above 2/10.
Explore the full findings now on our website:
buff.ly/dPS5GSX
#Fairwork #Indonesia #PlatformWork
Caught in the Crossfire — This year’s report exposes persistently poor working conditions across major platforms in Indonesia. No platform scored above 2/10.
Explore the full findings now on our website:
buff.ly/dPS5GSX
#Fairwork #Indonesia #PlatformWork
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Just Launched: Fairwork Indonesia 2025 Report
Caught in the Crossfire — This year’s report exposes persistently poor working conditions across major platforms in Indonesia. No platform scored above 2/10.
Explore the full findings now on our website:
buff.ly/dPS5GSX
#Fairwork #Indonesia #PlatformWork
Caught in the Crossfire — This year’s report exposes persistently poor working conditions across major platforms in Indonesia. No platform scored above 2/10.
Explore the full findings now on our website:
buff.ly/dPS5GSX
#Fairwork #Indonesia #PlatformWork
Let’s open the black box, make algorithms transparent and ensure workers have a say in how they’re being used! Let’s negotiate the algorithms!
Check out our new manual: 👉 www.etuc.org/en/publicati...
#platformwork #platforum
@etuc-ces.bsky.social
Check out our new manual: 👉 www.etuc.org/en/publicati...
#platformwork #platforum
@etuc-ces.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Let’s open the black box, make algorithms transparent and ensure workers have a say in how they’re being used! Let’s negotiate the algorithms!
Check out our new manual: 👉 www.etuc.org/en/publicati...
#platformwork #platforum
@etuc-ces.bsky.social
Check out our new manual: 👉 www.etuc.org/en/publicati...
#platformwork #platforum
@etuc-ces.bsky.social
📱 The problematic working conditions of #PlatformWork, and the more expansive use of the same #AlgorithmicManagement systems emerging across many workplaces
September 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📱 The problematic working conditions of #PlatformWork, and the more expansive use of the same #AlgorithmicManagement systems emerging across many workplaces
GDPoweR conference on #PlatformWork, collective bargaining and algorithmic management! 👉 lnkd.in/dFPMvjf2
🏦 12 September 2025, Warsaw, Zielna 37 Conference Centre
Conference agenda 👉 lnkd.in/d53v44NN
🏦 12 September 2025, Warsaw, Zielna 37 Conference Centre
Conference agenda 👉 lnkd.in/d53v44NN
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
GDPoweR conference on #PlatformWork, collective bargaining and algorithmic management! 👉 lnkd.in/dFPMvjf2
🏦 12 September 2025, Warsaw, Zielna 37 Conference Centre
Conference agenda 👉 lnkd.in/d53v44NN
🏦 12 September 2025, Warsaw, Zielna 37 Conference Centre
Conference agenda 👉 lnkd.in/d53v44NN
📣 New publication!
We're used to hearing about the prevalence of #PlatformWork in the food delivery and ride-hailing sectors 📱
But the platform economy has also been edging into #care and #cleaning, sectors that are of increasing importance as Europe's population ages 👵
We're used to hearing about the prevalence of #PlatformWork in the food delivery and ride-hailing sectors 📱
But the platform economy has also been edging into #care and #cleaning, sectors that are of increasing importance as Europe's population ages 👵
September 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📣 New publication!
We're used to hearing about the prevalence of #PlatformWork in the food delivery and ride-hailing sectors 📱
But the platform economy has also been edging into #care and #cleaning, sectors that are of increasing importance as Europe's population ages 👵
We're used to hearing about the prevalence of #PlatformWork in the food delivery and ride-hailing sectors 📱
But the platform economy has also been edging into #care and #cleaning, sectors that are of increasing importance as Europe's population ages 👵
Right2WorkNG has joined the Fairwork Pledge. Based in Nigeria, they advocate for fair conditions for informal and platform workers—while investing in youth labour education.
Discover their work: right2work.ng
Become a partner: fair.work/pledge
#Fairwork #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #Nigeria
Discover their work: right2work.ng
Become a partner: fair.work/pledge
#Fairwork #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #Nigeria
August 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Right2WorkNG has joined the Fairwork Pledge. Based in Nigeria, they advocate for fair conditions for informal and platform workers—while investing in youth labour education.
Discover their work: right2work.ng
Become a partner: fair.work/pledge
#Fairwork #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #Nigeria
Discover their work: right2work.ng
Become a partner: fair.work/pledge
#Fairwork #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #Nigeria
📣 ILOn työkonferenssissa kesäkuussa sovittiin ensimmäistä kertaa historiassa, että alustatyöntekijöille luodaan täytäntöönpanokelpoinen maailmanlaajuinen suoja.
📝 Allekirjoita @ituc.bsky.social'n vetoomus ja näytä, että kannatat työntekijöiden vahvaa suojelua! ✊#PlatformWork
📝 Allekirjoita @ituc.bsky.social'n vetoomus ja näytä, että kannatat työntekijöiden vahvaa suojelua! ✊#PlatformWork
Platform workers deserve better:
🔍 Transparency in how apps set pay
✊ The right to organise
🏥 Real benefits and protections
We're fighting for strong, enforceable rules — not corporate-friendly loopholes.
Join us:
🔍 Transparency in how apps set pay
✊ The right to organise
🏥 Real benefits and protections
We're fighting for strong, enforceable rules — not corporate-friendly loopholes.
Join us:
It's time to deliver rights for all platform workers!
To: Government Delegations to the International Labour Conference Millions of people worldwide now rely on digital platforms for their income. From food delivery couriers to ride hailing drivers,…
petitions.ituc-csi.org
August 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📣 ILOn työkonferenssissa kesäkuussa sovittiin ensimmäistä kertaa historiassa, että alustatyöntekijöille luodaan täytäntöönpanokelpoinen maailmanlaajuinen suoja.
📝 Allekirjoita @ituc.bsky.social'n vetoomus ja näytä, että kannatat työntekijöiden vahvaa suojelua! ✊#PlatformWork
📝 Allekirjoita @ituc.bsky.social'n vetoomus ja näytä, että kannatat työntekijöiden vahvaa suojelua! ✊#PlatformWork
From cleaners to couriers, babysitters to beauticians, millions of platform workers face insecure jobs, unpaid hours, no safety net, and higher risks of discrimination and violence — especially women.
The ILO now has a rare chance to set global rules for fair #PlatformWork.
🔗 buff.ly/J3zCdL3
The ILO now has a rare chance to set global rules for fair #PlatformWork.
🔗 buff.ly/J3zCdL3
Fair work is possible
Insecure or precarious work is not inevitable. It was created intentionally, by dismantling or circumventing employment law regulations
www.ips-journal.eu
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
From cleaners to couriers, babysitters to beauticians, millions of platform workers face insecure jobs, unpaid hours, no safety net, and higher risks of discrimination and violence — especially women.
The ILO now has a rare chance to set global rules for fair #PlatformWork.
🔗 buff.ly/J3zCdL3
The ILO now has a rare chance to set global rules for fair #PlatformWork.
🔗 buff.ly/J3zCdL3
Fairwork’s approach to platform accountability is now featured in Environment and Planning A.
The new article breaks down how action research can create real-world change for gig workers.
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #ActionResearch #LabourRights
The new article breaks down how action research can create real-world change for gig workers.
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #ActionResearch #LabourRights
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fairwork’s approach to platform accountability is now featured in Environment and Planning A.
The new article breaks down how action research can create real-world change for gig workers.
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #ActionResearch #LabourRights
The new article breaks down how action research can create real-world change for gig workers.
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #ActionResearch #LabourRights
Fairwork Belgium 2024–2025 out now!
We evaluated 6 platforms across the country—and most still fall short on basic fairness.
Only 2 could show they pay minimum wage after costs.
Report: fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #GigEconomy
We evaluated 6 platforms across the country—and most still fall short on basic fairness.
Only 2 could show they pay minimum wage after costs.
Report: fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #GigEconomy
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Fairwork Belgium 2024–2025 out now!
We evaluated 6 platforms across the country—and most still fall short on basic fairness.
Only 2 could show they pay minimum wage after costs.
Report: fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #GigEconomy
We evaluated 6 platforms across the country—and most still fall short on basic fairness.
Only 2 could show they pay minimum wage after costs.
Report: fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #GigEconomy
Journal of Industrial Relations (2025, Vol. 67, Issue 3) now out!
journals.sagepub.com/toc/JIR/current
#LaborStudies #IndustrialRelations #TransnationalOrganizing #PlatformWork #UnionResearch #WorkplaceEquity #SocialDialogue #GigEconomy #JIR
journals.sagepub.com/toc/JIR/current
#LaborStudies #IndustrialRelations #TransnationalOrganizing #PlatformWork #UnionResearch #WorkplaceEquity #SocialDialogue #GigEconomy #JIR
July 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Journal of Industrial Relations (2025, Vol. 67, Issue 3) now out!
journals.sagepub.com/toc/JIR/current
#LaborStudies #IndustrialRelations #TransnationalOrganizing #PlatformWork #UnionResearch #WorkplaceEquity #SocialDialogue #GigEconomy #JIR
journals.sagepub.com/toc/JIR/current
#LaborStudies #IndustrialRelations #TransnationalOrganizing #PlatformWork #UnionResearch #WorkplaceEquity #SocialDialogue #GigEconomy #JIR
🎤 Meet Dr. Sai Amulya Komarraju from IIM Ahmedabad—our next speaker at the AI, Platforms & Future of Work conference!
Her work explores feminism, digital cultures & power in tech.
📅 Join us Sept 10
🔗 Free tickets: shorturl.at/uo3dc
#FutureOfWork #ReshapingWork2025 #PlatformWork #FeministStudies
Her work explores feminism, digital cultures & power in tech.
📅 Join us Sept 10
🔗 Free tickets: shorturl.at/uo3dc
#FutureOfWork #ReshapingWork2025 #PlatformWork #FeministStudies
July 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🎤 Meet Dr. Sai Amulya Komarraju from IIM Ahmedabad—our next speaker at the AI, Platforms & Future of Work conference!
Her work explores feminism, digital cultures & power in tech.
📅 Join us Sept 10
🔗 Free tickets: shorturl.at/uo3dc
#FutureOfWork #ReshapingWork2025 #PlatformWork #FeministStudies
Her work explores feminism, digital cultures & power in tech.
📅 Join us Sept 10
🔗 Free tickets: shorturl.at/uo3dc
#FutureOfWork #ReshapingWork2025 #PlatformWork #FeministStudies
Fairwork is featured in the UN’s latest report on AI and human rights!
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
July 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fairwork is featured in the UN’s latest report on AI and human rights!
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN