They call it the “Gig Economy”. It’s the field of short-term services, such as private drivers, deliveries, and food couriers struggling to complete as many tasks as possible within the shortest time. As they do so, they get points and go up in their ranking, just like in videogames. But this is no game, it’s the tragic reality of a world that has cancelled worker rights. Digital platforms are in charge of it all. Recently, the employment tribunal of Palermo has sentenced that to rank workers is discriminatory, thus pointing a finger directly at this nightmare that we call “gig economy”.

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