Global Manifesto: Fairer Platform Work

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In anticipation of the International Labour Organisation’s Meeting of Experts on Decent Work in the Platform Economy, a global ‘Manifesto for Fairer Platform Work’ to protect and ensure the rights of platform workers across the world has been published.

Platform work is a source of livelihood for millions of workers around the world, with ever more joining the ranks because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Platforms constitute an important alternative for many workers. They can grant more autonomy and flexibility than traditional forms of work. However, they also tend to facilitate precarious arrangements with low pay, poor working conditions, inaccessible and unreasonable conditions, unfair management, and a lack of representation.

This Manifesto argues that fair conditions for platform workers should be in place to address this lack of rights and protections. It advocates for the urgency of international guidelines that will promote fair platform work standards in national statutory regulations and policies. It outlines the challenges posed by these new labor relations in crucial aspects, such as misclassification, low pay, health and safety risks, discrimination, non-transparent algorithmic management, and lack of representation and collective bargaining.

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293 researchers have already signed. We invite you to join them and support the Manifesto:

Signatories include:

Daniel Abs, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Pablo Aguera, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Iftikhar Ahmad, Centre for Labour Research, Pakistan
Batoul Al Mehdar, Access to Knowledge for Development Center at the American University in Cairo
Belen Albornoz, CTS Lab FLACSO Ecuador
Oguz Alyanak, University of Oxford
Aini Aman, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Chimezie Anajama, International Tax Compact
Branka Andjelkovic, Public Policy Research Center
Ludmila Antunes, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Arturo Arriagada, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez
Daniel Arubayi, University of Oxford
Seyram Avle, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Adam Badger, Oxford Internet Institute
Valerija Barada, University of Zadar
Valerija Barada, University of Zadar
Shreya Batra, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Alessio Bertolini, University of Oxford
Virgel Binghay, University of the Philippines
Atahualpa Blanchet, Institute of Advanced Studies at University of Sao Paulo (IEA/USP)
Richard Boateng, University of Ghana
Macarena Bonhomme, Universidad Autonoma de Chile
Tiziano Bonini, University of Siena
Alvaro Briales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Emma Briant, Bard College
Enda Brophy, Simon Fraser University
Joe Buckley, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Joseph Budu, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
Marcela Bussinguer Conti, Faculdade de Direito de Vitoria
Callum Cant, Fairwork
Ruepert Cao, The Education University of Hong Kong
Rodrigo Carelli, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Ricardo Carneiro, LBS Advogados
Eduardo Carrillo, TEDIC
Daniela Ceccon, WageIndicator Foundation
Ngai Keung Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Henry Chavez, CTS Lab FLACSO
Hussein Cheaito, The Policy Initiative
Ana Chkareuli, Institute for a Fair Economy
Brendan Churchill, The University of Melbourne
Andrea Ciarini, Sapienza University of Rome
Roy Cobby, King’s College London
Matthew Cole, Oxford Internet Institute
antonio corasaniti, Sapienza University of Rome
Laura Corrêa, Universidade federal de Minas Gerais
Alexandre Costa Barbosa, Núcleo de Tecnologia do MTST / CGI.br Advisory board
Priscila Cupello, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Sadi Dal Rosso, University of Bratislava
Silvia DalBen Furtado, University of Texas at Austin
Kavita Dattani, Oxford Internet Institute
Premilla D’Cruz, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India
Marcia de Paula Leite, Unicamp
Luisa De Vita, Sapienza University of Rome
Catherine D’Ignazio, MIT
Alejandra Dinegro Martinez, Observatorio de Plataformas-Peru
Brikene Dionizi, University of Shkoder “Luigj Gurakuqi”
Tomas Dodds, Leiden University
Fiona Dragstra, WageIndicator Foundation
Elvisa Drishti, University of Shkodra “Luigj Gurakuqi”
Darcy du Toit, University of the Western Cape
Ruth Dukes, University of Glasgow
Christina Dunbar-Hester, University of Southern California
Tony Dundon, University of Limerick
Khatia Dzamukashvili, Institute for a Fear Economy
Cansu Ekmekcioglu, University of Toronto
Elina Escudero, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Ricard Espelt, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Patrick Feuerstein, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Roseli Figaro, Universidade de Sao Paulo
Milena Franke, KU Leuven
Sandra Fredman, University of Oxford
Arthur Freire Simões Pires, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Alessandro Gandini, University of Milan
Pia Garavaglia, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Sharon Geeling, University of Cape Town
Christine Gerber, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Reginaldo Ghiraldelli, University of Brasilia
Navneet Gidda, University of Oxford
Paulo Giraldi, Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP)
Caroline Govari, Unisinos
Mark Graham, University of Oxford
Karen Gregory, University of Edinburgh
Rafael Grohmann, University of Toronto / Fairwork
Maria Aparecida Gugel, Ministerio Publico do Trabalho
Nisa Gurbuz, University of Southern California
Julieta Haidar, Workers Innovation Centre (CONICET) Argentina
Khadiga Hassan, Access to Knowledge for Development (Center), American University in Cairo, School of Business
Sylvester Hatsu, Accra Technical University
Richard Heeks, University of Manchester
Victor Manuel Hernandez Lopez, Universidad del Rosario
Benjamin Herr, University of Vienna
Jing Hiah, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Kruskaya Hidalgo Cordero, Observatorio de Plataformas
Leah Horgan, Northeastern University
Kelle Howson, Institute for Economic Justice
Gregoris Ioannou, University of Sheffield
Nabiyla Risfa Izzati, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Tatjana Jakobi, Public Policy Research Center
athar jameel, Centre for Labour Research
Rodrigo Jeronimo, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP)
Nicolas Jullien, IMT Atlantique
Meri Juntti, Middlesex University
Tammy Katsabian, The Haim Striks Faculty of Law, the College of Management Academic Studies
Aliya Khan, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad Pakistan
Tahmina Khan Tithi, Royal Holloway, University of London
Maja Kovac, Public Policy Research Centre
Anjali Krishan, University of Oxford
Martin Krzywdzinski, WZB Berlin Social Science Center / Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society
Amela Kurta, CREDI
Ilma Kurtović, CREDI
Amelinda Kusumaningtyas, Center for Digital Society (CfDS), Universitas Gadjah Mada
Arturo Lahera-Sanchez, Complutense University of Madrid
Marge Lanzador-Medina, De La Salle University / Fairwork Philippines
Tama Leaver, Curtin University
Yenn Lee, SOAS University of London
Jorge Leyton, University of Bristol / Fairwork
Lan Li, UNC-Chapel Hill
Raianne Liberal Coutinho, Universidade de Brasilia
rashné limki , University of Edinburgh
Ou Lin, University of Glasgow
Vinicius Lins, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Ruth Livier Nu√±ez, UCLA
Tatiana Lopez, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Georgina Lubke, University of Oxford
Alberto Lusoli, Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University
Bilahari M, IIIT Bangalore
Raiyaan Mahbub, DataSense at iSocial
Leo Vinicius Maia Liberato, Fundacentro
Debolina Majumder, University of Cambridge
Wassim Maktabi, The Policy Initiative
Oscar Javier Maldonado Castaneda, Universidad del Rosario
Laura Mantilla-Leon, Fairwork Colombia
Cheryl Martens, USFQ
Letícia Masson, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Andrea Medrado, University of Westminster
Hugo Miranda, Fundacion InternetBolivia.org
Phoebe Moore, University of Essex
Caterina Morbiato, Fairwork Mexico
Rodrigo Moreno Marques, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Jonathan Morris, Cardiff University
Rusudan Moseshvili, Institute for a Fair Economy
Elizabeth Mosquera, Observatorio de Plataformas
Annalisa Murgia, University of Milan
Karol Muszynski, KU Leuven
Ricardo Neder, Federal University of Brasilia UnB
Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya, University of California, Berkeley
Mounika Neerukonda, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore
Sidra Nizamuddin, Centre for Labour Research Pakistan
Ernesto Noronha, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Murilo Carvalho Sampaio Oliveira, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Marcos Oliveira, PUC-Rio
Flora Oliveira, Universidade Catolica de Pernambuco
Sandra Oliveira, Psicologia Social – PUC/SP
Caroline Omware, Qhala Ltd
Nermin Oruc, CREDI
Chris Osakwe, Rabat Business School in the International University of Rabat, Morocco
Mario Ottaiano, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg
Rashid Owoyele, Represented Institute
Rodrigo Palomo, Universidad de Talca, Chile
Elisa Pannini, University of Greenwich
Ianthi Papadema, Cyprus University of Technology
Caetano Patta Barros, Universidade de Sao Paulo
Obed Penu, Fairwork Ghana
Gabriel Pereira, London School of Economics and Political Science
Maria Luiza Pinho Pereira, Universidade decBrasilia
Eduardo Jose Rezende Pereira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
Luiz Peres-Neto, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Daniel Perez Fernandez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Muhammad Yorga Permana, LSE
Lucero de Belen Pinedo Huerta, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
Guilherme Pires, Federal University of Piauí
Julian Posada, Yale University
Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven
Treviliana Putri, Center for Digital Society (CfDS), Universitas Gadjah Mada
Jack Qiu, National University of Singapore
Najm us Saher Qureshi, Centre for Labour Research
Ananya Raihan, iSocial
Claudia Rebechi, Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Parana
Jess Reia, University of Virginia
Alberto Riesco, University Complutense of Madrid
Sarah T. Roberts, UCLA
Naiana Rodrigues, Universidade Federal do Ceará
Isabel Roque, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
Federico Rosenbaum Carli, Universidad Catolica del Uruguay
Eduardo Ruedell, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Julice Salvagni, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul/UFRGS
Derly Yohanna Sanchez Vargas, Universidad del Rosario
Bhumika Saraswati, Associated Press
Alimatu Sardiya Sardiya, KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Murali Shanmugavelan, University of Oxford
Padmini Sharma, Universita Degli Studi di Milano
Michael Siciliano, Tulane University
Ruth Simanjuntak, Center for Digital Society, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Mayank Sinha, Partner in change
Holly Smith, Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester
Shanza Sohail, Centre for Labour Research
Cheryll Soriano, De La Salle University / Fairwork Philippines
Nivea Souto Maior, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Cynthia Srnec, Sciences Po Saint Germain en Laye
Tasmeena Tahir, Centre for Labour Research
Claartje ter Hoeven, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Kristin Thompson, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Pitso Tsibolane, University of Cape Town
Funda Ustek, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Elena Vacchelli, University of Greenwich
Jonas Valente, University of Oxford
Laura Valle Gontijo, Universidade de Brasilia
Jean-Paul Van Belle, University of Cape Town
Kurt Vandaele, European Trade Union Institute
Adilson Vaz Cabral Filho, Fluminense Federal University
Daniel Vizuete Sandoval, CTS Lab FLACSO Ecuador
Robbie Warin, University of Oxford
Katie Wells, Georgetown University
Ivan Williams Jimenez, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Simone Wolff, University of Londrina (Brazil)
Nasir Zaman, Centre for Labour Research
Yingqin Zheng, Royal Holloway University of London