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Platform Labour Unrest in a Global Perspective: How, Where and Why Do Platform Workers Protest? Open
Labour unrest by platform workers is a growing global phenomenon, but several questions require deeper understanding. What motivates platform labour unrest? Which actors and strategies are involved? How does this vary across regions? Syste…
View article: Mutualism, class composition, and the reshaping of worker organisation in platform work and the gig economy
Mutualism, class composition, and the reshaping of worker organisation in platform work and the gig economy Open
This article contributes an understanding of mutualism as a foundational element in emergent worker collectivism. We challenge mainstream institutionalist accounts in industrial relations, especially from the Global North, that downplay pr…
New social relations of digital technology and the future of work: Beyond technological determinism Open
This introduction sets out the context for the Special Issue and offers an in‐depth reflection on key themes addressed by our contributors. The Special Issue aims to place the social relations of production at the centre of debates about t…
View article: Radar Blackouts at Mars: Evidence for a low altitude ionisation layer
Radar Blackouts at Mars: Evidence for a low altitude ionisation layer Open
Radars in orbit around Mars such as MARSIS on Mars Express and SHARAD on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provide evidence for the nature of the surface and some sub-surface layers. We have now extended our earlier work, which has indicated sol…
BepiColombo as upstream solar wind monitor for Mars’ ionosphere Open
BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. It was launched in October 2018 and it is due to arrive at Mercury in late 2025. It consists of two …
Theorising labour unrest and trade unionism in the platform economy Open
The article develops a novel conceptualisation of labour unrest and trade unionism in the platform economy, extending current understandings in two ways. First, we situate platform work historically, in the longue durée of paid work under …
Labour protests during the pandemic Open
With a novel methodology searching news events from world’s largest news agencies via the online GDELT project, this report documents protest of key workers against their working conditions during the COVID-19pandemic in 90 countries. The …
A global analysis of worker protest in digital labour platforms Open
This paper presents findings from the Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest, a database of platform worker protest events around the world which gathers data from online news media reports and other online sources. For the period January …
Digitalised management, control and resistance in platform work: a labour process analysis Open
To date, an over-emphasis of control in platform work research has led to platform worker resistance being correspondingly downplayed and under-theorised. This chapter aims to redress the balance. Through an application of labour process t…
Rediscovering the cash nexus, again: Subsumption and the labour–capital relation in platform work Open
This article proposes a re-theorisation of the main social relations of platform work, based on two concepts drawn from Marx: subsumption of labour and the cash nexus. Platform work research to date is heavily empirical in character, with …
Two Women Walk into a Theatre Bathroom: The Fanny and Stella Trials as Trans Narrative Open
Two Women Walk into a Theatre BathroomThe Fanny and Stella Trials as Trans Narrative Simon Joyce (bio) Two well-dressed women are taken into custody shortly after one of them uses the restroom in a theatre, and both are charged with distur…
View article: The social protection of workers in the platform economy
The social protection of workers in the platform economy Open
This study investigates the social protection of workers in the platform economy at the request of the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee. The report reviews literature and previous research on the platform econo…