On Monday 13 November, several French unions called for a nationwide strike by Uber Eats couriers in protest against a pay decision by management. Since 1 November, all Uber Eats couriers have suffered a substantial drop in income. The introduction of a new algorithm for calculating the amount of... Find out more

With the Platform Work Directive still under negotiation and the ETUC calling for an EU Directive on Algorithmic Systems at Work, groundbreaking research into the Spanish-Italian Glovo-Foodinho firm, a digital labour platform, has opened up an alternative path for workers wanting to scrutinize... Find out more

On 18 April 2023, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) warned that the UK government is failing to protect workers from being ‘exploited’ by new AI technologies. The warning came as politicians, tech leaders, regulators and unions met for the TUC AI conference in London. The press release stresses AI... Find out more

Whether the presumption of an employment relationship would mean an end to self-employment for platform workers is a false debate. Delivery Platforms Europe —whose members include Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Glovo—has made no secret of its opposition to the European Union directive on improving working... Find out more

In Geneva, the data collective ‘Digipower Academy’ offers Uber drivers an independent analysis of their data, so that they can claim the expenses they are owed. On 30 May 2022, Switzerland’s Federal Court has upheld a ruling that the US ride-hailing firm should be treated as an employer, rejecting... Find out more

On 2 February 2023, the European Parliament (EP) voted in favour of amendments to the European Commission’s platform worker directive that would introduce a presumption of employment and increase algorithmic transparency. After months of arduous negotiations and a vote postponed for two weeks, the... Find out more

Digitalisation of work creates new forms of work organisations, new management practices, and new ways of labour outsourcing that challenge many aspects of “traditional” work or “old” roles. Even if it can potentially release positive outcomes such as preventing workers from hazardous tasks, it... Find out more

subscribe to our newsletters! On 24 March 2022, the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (AK Europa) published a position paper on the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in road transport. The paper raises concerns about data protection in response to the European Commission’s proposal... Find out more

The Metaverse has been talked about only in terms of gee-whiz technologies—but it raises very serious labour concerns. In mid-January, the news that Microsoft was investing almost $70 billion in the ‘Metaverse’ hit the headlines. Yet it was only the latest in a series of such massive investments... Find out more

The chance is high that you were clapping every evening for health workers last spring, or have been ordering food more often at home via a takeaway platform since the start of the pandemic. Those who took care of your children, continued to clean the public spaces, made sure the supermarkets stayed... Find out more