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
• References Generated by AI.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
• Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
• Description based on print record.

ISBN:

• 9789220346594
• 9220346591

OCLC:

1314624135