Bike couriers face heat – or risk losing income
Politico, 20 July 2023
Workers making deliveries for platforms in sweltering conditions face health hazards while trying to make ends meet.
Plataformas de freelance online são ‘reprovadas’ em avaliação sobre trabalho justo
Folha de Sao Paulo, 19 July 2023
Projeto mostra que sites como o Mechanical Turk, da Amazon, falham em questões de pagamento e condições de emprego.
Gig economy a threat to gender equality
The Business Standard, 03 July 2023
A global analysis by the University of Oxford finds companies are failing to prevent gender-based discrimination and harassment in the platform economy.
‘So many reports of violence and abuse’: how the gig economy fails women around the world
The Guardian, 26 June 2023
Unsafe conditions, sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination are rife among female workers, research finds.
WageIndicator – Researchers in action: this is how Fairwork improves working conditions in the platform economy
The Gig Work Podcast, 15 June 2023
How Fairwork Project strives for real change: Martijn Arets talks with senior researcher and project manager Dr. Funda Ustek Spilda in the new episode of The Gig Work Podcast.
PARLASUR realiza Seminario sobre el Trabajo de Plataformas con el Proyecto Fairwork de la Universidad de Oxford
Parlasur, 29 May 2023
El Parlamento del MERCOSUR organizó un seminario sobre "El trabajo de plataforma en el MERCOSUR" en vísperas de la LXXXVI Sesión Ordinaria junto con el proyecto "Fairwork".
La batalla política por los ‘riders’ de Glovo: los partidos se enfrentan por los intereses de un colectivo que va más allá del ‘delivery’
Business Insider, 23 May 2023
"Hay un choque de diferentes narraciones", apunta a Business Insider España, Alberto Riesco Pérez, sociólogo investigador de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y miembro del equipo de investigación en España de Fairwork.
UK: Fairwork analysis of working conditions for 12 digital platforms finds none meet five basic standards of fair work; incl. co. responses
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 19 May 2023
Fairwork has released its third UK report analysing the working conditions in 12 digital labour platforms across the ride hail, delivery, and domestic work sectors.
Ecuador: plataformas locales y modelos cooperativistas muestran mejores condiciones laborales que apps multinacionales
América Economía, 09 May 2023
Solo 2 de 10 empresas evaluadas demostraron que sus trabajadores reciben al menos el salario mínimo, tras descontar gastos vinculados al trabajo como el combustible o el mantenimiento del vehículo.
The Gig Economy Is Much Worse for Women
Wired UK, 08 May 2023
Women working for platforms routinely face harassment and abuse — for considerably lower pay.
How Urban Company built an empire of female gig workers
rest of world, 02 May 2023
By disrupting the age-old home services industry, the Indian unicorn offered many women a rare opportunity for social mobility. Now, they want more.
Uber Eats and Bolt ranked UK’s worst gig economy companies for working conditions
Big Issue, 28 April 2023
New research finds most food delivery and ride-hailing apps are failing to “ensure work that meets even basic criteria of fairness”.
