“How global workers, influencers, and activists develop tactics of algorithmic resistance by appropriating and repurposing the same algorithms that control our lives. Algorithms are all around us, permeating more and …
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ILO Report: Realizing decent work in the platform economy
“The ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 108th Session (2019), calls on all ILO Member States to put in place …
Decent Work for displaced people: Lessons from the experiences of Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee workers in Colombia and Brazil
“Currently, all workers in Colombia and Brazil are facing enormous challenges to organize themselves at the workplace. For refugee and migrant workers without higher education or professional credentials, the obstacles …
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EMPLOYMENT STATUS DISPUTES
This past year witnessed two major federal developments on employment status. In June, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that the hair and makeup stylists petitioning for union representation at the …
Platform-work directive: the clock is ticking
After more than two years of intense negotiation and some dissonance, the fate of the European Union platform-work directive hangs in the balance. In December, a provisional agreement reached in …
National Policy Index (NPI) for worker mental health and its relationship with enterprise psychosocial safety climate
“Mental ill health is an international public health crisis and current approaches have been ineffective. We investigate the role of national policy in improving mental health, providing strong evidence that …
Worker Power and Voice in the AI Response
In “Worker Power and Voice in the AI Response,” we outline a series of action-oriented recommendations to respond to the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, such as banning the use …
Remedying Employers’ Unlawful Refusal to Bargain
Over the past few years, workers have been organizing unions at a breakneck pace. Whether that organizing pace is sustainable depends upon a number of factors, the most important of …
Informe de la OIT sobre empleo y condiciones sociales en 2024 (ILO report on employment and social conditions in 2024)
La OIT publicó su Informe “Perspectivas sociales y del empleo en el mundo: Tendencias 2024”. La noticia de la publicación de este nuevo informe se puede encontrar aquí. Se puede …
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Lessons from Latin America on the impact of platform cooperativism and collective bargaining on algorithmic management
“In recent years, the platform model of capitalism has spread throughout the world, exacerbating precariousness, informality and the delocalisation of labour relations wherever it goes. This in turn has created …