The working lives of the under-30s show the future of work for us all
New research by the TUC to understand the lives of Britain’s young workers will help improve work and give them a path to union membership Lindsay’s phone rings again as […]
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Back to the future: women’s work and the gig economy
Learning from the history of women’s work can help to overcome discrimination and improve working conditions in the gig economy […]
Organising against the gig economy – lessons from Latin America?
New strategies of organisation and workers’ control in Latin America suggest ways to tackle the insecurity of the gig economy […]
New Unions, Old Laws – Why flexibility is key in the ‘gig economy’
The gig economy companies must and can be challenged to better protect their workers; this can be done under existing […]
The Changing World of Work and the trade union movement’s response
The economy and employment are changing fast, but there are important steps that unions can take to be prepared In […]
Organising with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part Two
Adopting online freelancing platforms as part of your business model presents organisations with challenges that require novel solutions Digital technologies […]
It’s time to regulate the gig economy
Technology is used to monitor workers doing platform-based work. It can also be used to regulate work and protect workers […]
Organizing with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part One
To understand the future of work we need to explore the diversity of platforms and how they are used in […]
The gig economy requires unions to embrace the Internet
The internet provides new opportunities to strengthen collective action and improve new forms of work These are hard times for […]
It’s not the gig economy, stupid
The gig economy has got us talking about the labour market, but the decline in trade union membership matters more […]