Platform labour in search of value : a study of worker organising practices and business models in the digital economy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Labour Organisation, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gig economy.

Employee rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva 22, Switzerland : International Labour Organisation (ILO), 2021.

Summary:

This report seeks to capture the new strategies being deployed by self-employed workers to reclaim their rights to decent work and a fair share of economic gains in the value networks of the emerging platform economy. Specifically, it focuses on the experiences of workers in on-demand work, crowdsourcing and e-commerce sectors.

Contents:

Contents

List of Boxes

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Glossary

Executive Summary

Findings

1 Background

1.1 Methodology and scope

2 The context of platform work

2.1 Platform work and increasing informalization

2.2 Platformization of the economy

2.3 Legal loopholes and platform workers’ rights

3 Organizing and business models among platform workers – emerging trends

3.1 Trade union action

3.2 New intermediaries

3.3 New SSE platforms

4 Discussion and conclusions

4.1 Organizing — unconventional modes, new agendas

4.2 SSE platform models — data design as linchpin

5 Recommendations

5.1 Governments

5.2 Trade unions

5.3 SSE enterprises

5.4 Platform companies

5.5 ILO

Annex 1. List of key informants

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ISBN:

9789220346594

9220346591

OCLC:

1314624135