Introduction
A Rebel’s Guide to the Gig Economy is a series of podcasts by The Gig Economy Project, a media network for gig workers in Europe, seeking to promote efforts to transform work in the digital age. The hosts are journalist Ben Wray and researcher Marini Thorne examine the reality of work in the gig economy and look at how gig workers can challenge the power of their algorithmic bosses.
Bike couriers, ‘micro-taskers’, home care workers, & many more who work on-demand in the digital platform economy and have few job protections are at the sharpest edge of capitalist exploitation, but are also providing some of the most creative and powerful forms of resistance in the working class today. This podcast provides insight into that resistance.
Listen to Episodes
- Ep 1: What is the gig economy?
- Ep 2: Why are gig workers paid per task?
- Ep 3: What is the algorithm?
- Ep 4: Are gig workers really their own boss?
- Ep 5: Is gig work really flexible?
- Ep 6: Is the gig economy really “a godsend” for women?
- Ep 7: Is platform work good for ethnic minorities?
- Ep 8: What makes platforms powerful
- Ep 9: Why do platforms struggle to turn a profit?
- Ep 10: Why should gig workers join a union?
- Ep 11: How do gig workers take control of their data?