#20.2 Migrant Labour and Organizing in the Platform Economy

19/09/2022 39 min
#20.2 Migrant Labour and Organizing in the Platform Economy

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Podcast: Democratize Work!Episode: #20.2 Migrant Labour and Organizing in the Platform EconomyPub date: 2022-09-09Notes from Over The Wire Podcast:The workers of today’s digital factory – which includes those in Amazon warehouses, delivery drivers, Chinese gaming workers, Filipino content moderators, and rural American search engine optimisers – are not as far removed from a typical auto assembly line as we might think.Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization**DEUTSCHE ÜBERSETZUNG ZUM NACHLESEN **
Die deutsche Übersetzung dieses zweiten Teils der zweiteiligen Folge zu migrantischer Arbeit und der Plattformökonomie kannst du in Kürze hier nachlesen.
In part two of this two-part episode with Gabriella (Gorillas Workers’ Collective) and sociologist Dr. Moritz Altenried (Humbolt University Berlin) we address the challenges and chances of organizing migrant workers in the platform economy.
(ADDITIONAL) SOURCES
Gorillas Workers’ Collective is active on Twitter: @GorillasWorkers
You can find Moritz' article on the relationship between migration and the gig economy here (open access). In his recently published book “The Digital Factory: The Human Labor of Automation” Moritz reveals the hidden human labor behind today’s digital tools, plattforms and services.
Rest of World is an interesting platform giving a global perspective on the developments in Tech and it's impact on societies and the environment. They have published a great article about gig-worker organizing across the globe: “We’re all fighting the giant”: Gig workers around the world are finally organizing.
ANNOUNCMENTS
On September 16. & 17. the Conference “Gute Arbeit in der Transformation” / “Decent work in Transformation” takes place at the TU Berlin (in German). Check out the program and register here!
On October 1. & 2. the Conference “Basis Stärken” of "Organisieren-Kämpfen-Gewinnen" takes place in Berlin. Check out the Program and register here The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Forum Neue Politik der Arbeit (FNPA) e.V. & Kooperationsstelle Wissenschaft und Arbeitswelt in der ZEWK der TU Berlin. Unterstützt von: Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Stiftung Menschenwürde und Arbeitswelt, ver.di, DGB Berlin-Brandenburg., which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.