Interesting article about solidarity between software workers and gig workers in Bengaluru - shows in detail how shared migration experiences can serve as a ground for inter-class organizing. By @dipsitadhar.bsky.social, @ashiquealit.bsky.social, S. Bhattacharya: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Transversal Unionism: Resisting and Navigating a Neoliberal City Through Identity and Labour Power

Digital labour platform (DLP) workers and migrant workers represent two distinct yet often intersecting categories of labour shaped by India’s rapid urbanization and replication of the Silicon V...

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Happy to announce the publication of our co-edited book on Gig Work and Migrant Workers from Palgrave McMillan. 😊 I am grateful to all the contributors and especially the migrant workeres of Bangalore whose everyday resistance was the inspiration behind this book. 😊

Wrapping up this year, with an article very close to my heart. How music preserves social cost of migration as an "epistemological resource", co authored with the Prof. Yasser Arafath who had been more than kind and generous in the whole process. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The song as diaspora: displacement, separation, pain, and the ‘left behind’ in South Asian ethnic literatures

This article explores the emotional depths of diaspora songs originating from two migratory regions: Malabar and Bhojpur region. This study unveils the raw, visceral, and affective toll of migratio...

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Gig workers in Delhi suffer immensely from heightened air pollution, crossing even 1000 AQI. We conducted a health camp in Delhi for the gig & outdoor workers. Indian Govt should act to protect workers from climate crisis as well as make corporate platforms accountable.

STREET Lab@streetlab-uoft.bsky.social · 2y ago

We partnered with JSA Delhi & Delhi Science Forum to organize a health camp for gig workers & other outdoor workers affected by New Delhi’s severely polluted air (marked by alarming AQI levels). Dr. Sayan Maharatna (AIIMS) led health checkups, providing medical guidance.

My first post here, with our second paper. The field for this one was enthralling, like listening to a fairy tale. A modern day one, it was bloody, sweaty and hopeful. Like all the real fairy tales are. Let us know your comments. 😊

Ashique Ali T@ashiquealit.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here is our CSCW paper that examines how the entry of on-demand ridesourcing digital labour platforms (OR-DLPs) like Uber have reshaped labor geography & worker resistance dynamics. We explore how a traditional trade union in Kolkata, India, navigated this shift. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...