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 …

How to Make the Green Economy a Just Economy

At last year’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented a stark warning. The world remains on track for at least three degrees Celsius …

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 …

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 …

Digital labour platforms and social dialogue at EU level: How new players redefine actors and their roles and what this means for collective bargaining

“Digital labour platforms transform work and employment relations in many ways. Crucially, they renounce the role of the employer, leading to a redefinition of traditional categories of actors and their …

En caso de Esclavitud moderna contra la empresa japonesa Furukawa, en Ecuador, ILAW Network presentó Amicus Curiae ante la Corte Constitucional

Como Red Internacional de Abogados Laborales de Trababajadores/as ILAW presentó ante la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador un escrito de Amicus Curiae en el caso de la empresa japonesa Furukawa investigada …

Taken for a Ride, Again: Deliveroo Riders in the Supreme Court

Last week’s ruling in Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee came as a great surprise to many employment lawyers: the Supreme Court unanimously held that Deliveroo Riders are …

Deliveroo judgment shows how gig economy platforms and courts are eroding workers’ rights

“The tide of employment law has continued to turn on the gig economy after the UK Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Deliveroo drivers are not considered workers but self-employed independent contractors. This …

Blurred Boundaries: Rescuing Workers’ Privacy in the Process of Searching Data and Devices