ICYMI: Watch the launch event of @hrw.org's Gig Trap report here: youtu.be/BsxZlqJYCz0?... w/ @veenadubal.bsky.social @deschuttero.bsky.social @abacci.bsky.social @nicoemoe.bsky.social @amostoh.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social @cornellilr.bsky.social

Launch Event: The Gig Trap - Algorithmic, Wage and Labor Exploitation in Platform Work in the US

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New @hrw.org report dropping next week on labor rights abuses in the US platform economy. 📅Join us for the launch event on Tuesday, May 13 at 11:30am ET / 3:30pm UTC Featuring @deschuttero.bsky.social @amostoh.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social & others! 📌 Register here: hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

1/ After nearly 3 years of research, our @hrw.org report "The Gig Trap" is finally out. It documents how companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, Shipt, Favor, and Amazon Flex created a business model that undermines labor rights & deepens inequality in the US. A 🧵https://hrw.org/node/391214

“The algorithms decide when we work, where we work, and what we’re worth.” Watch @nicoemoe.bsky.social of Rideshare Drivers United speak at the #FightingOligarchyTour about why app-based workers are fighting for full #labor rights for all #workers. www.youtube.com/live/A5gczbL...

LIVE: Bernie Sanders and AOC hold rally in Bakersfield

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Platform companies can succeed AND do the right thing. Better business and better for app workers. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Drivers for Spanish food delivery app Glovo will become full-time employees

Thousands of delivery drivers in Spain working for the food delivery app Glovo will soon be full employees after the company announced that it was moving to an employment-based model

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