Uber’s Inequality Machine: Data on How AI-Driven Pay is Harming Workers and What We Can Do to Push Back

“Uber’s Inequality Machine is the nation’s first and largest study of its kind. Our data stems from a survey of more than 2,500 Uber drivers in more than 45 states, …

When ‘Bossware’ Manages Workers: A Policy Agenda to Stop Digital Surveillance and Automated-Decision-System Abuses

“In recent years, businesses and employers1 have turned to digital technologies for a wide variety of management functions.2 (See Appendix 1 for a summary of increased employer powers related to …

Take the Mic: How Worker Voice Shapes Workplace Technology

“Every day, new headlines emerge hyping the power of artificial intelligence, algorithmic management, and automation technologies to transform work. The narrative surrounding emerging technology often focuses on newness and innovation, …

Riders without rights

For three freezing months over the winter of 2022, Sharmila, an international student from India, biked across Berlin delivering food for Wolt. She followed every ping on the app, waited …

New Bill Could Curb Exploitation of US Gig Workers

The gig economy runs on hidden rules. Every day, millions of workers in the United States log into apps like Uber, DoorDash, and Amazon Flex to earn a living, without …

Bihar Passes Four Labour Bills Including Gig Workers’ Welfare and Skill University

The Bihar Platform Based Gig Workers Bill mandates compulsory registration of platforms and aggregators within 60 days, with gig workers receiving unique IDs to access welfare schemes. The bill provides …

Two Frameworks for Employee Data Empowerment

The Yale Law Journal Forum recently hosted a collection of essays under the rubric of “Reimagining and Empowering the Contemporary Workforce.” Two of these works deal specifically with the challenges for workers …

Negotiating Tech: An Inventory of U.S. Union Contract Provisions for the Digital Age

This searchable inventory documents how unions have addressed workplace technologies through collective bargaining. It includes provisions from more than 175 agreements, drawn from a review of over 500 contracts, and …

Inscriben apps 350 mil repartidores al IMSS

Las empresas de plataforma han dado de alta en el IMSS a cerca de 350 mil repartidores y conductores desde el primero de julio, día en el que comenzó el programa piloto, …

New Global Safety Standards Aim to Protect AI’s Most Traumatized Workers

A global trade union on Thursday urged the world’s major tech companies to adopt what it says is the first set of global safety protocols for content moderators. Content moderators …