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Taken for a Ride: Inside Uber’s New Race to the Bottom

07/03/2025 - Leave a Comment

Natalie had just dropped off a customer at the Ritz Hotel in central London when her phone started aggressively bleeping at her with offers of new fares. “I couldn’t concentrate. …

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AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse

30/11/202430/11/2024 - Leave a Comment

“Thank you for calling. … You’re speaking with Renzo. This call may be recorded for — uhm — this call may be re—” Renzo Bahala, a customer service agent for …

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Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means – Copy

23/08/2024 - Leave a Comment

Last Monday, Punjabi farmworker Satnam Singh suffered critical injuries in an accident on an Italian farm — and then his boss left him to die. The shocking case showed how …

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‘Tragic Outcome’ for Gig Workers as California Supreme Court Hands Win to Uber, DoorDash

26/07/2024 - Leave a Comment

Labor advocates on Thursday decried a ruling by the California Supreme Court upholding a lower court’s affirmation of a state ballot measure allowing app-based ride and delivery companies to classify …

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Low Wages, Long Standing Hours, No Rest Areas: A First-Person Account From an Amazon Warehouse

22/06/2024 - Leave a Comment

My journey with Amazon began in August 2022, packing items for shipping in the outbound department. When I started, I trusted that my hard work would lead to contract renewals …

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How Gojek keeps its gig riders close — and away from unions

21/02/2024 - Leave a Comment

In Jakarta, gig riders for the super-app Gojek are part of peer-support groups, known as communities. These closely knit groups — created based on region, gender, and shared interests — …

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Risky Business in the Rag Trade

28/06/202302/01/2024 - Leave a Comment

Muhammad Faisol Chowdhury explains how, in Bangladeshi clothing factories, safety is a side show when survival is at stake. This year is the tenth anniversary of the worst garment factory …

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10 years after Rana Plaza, fast fashion still resists change

28/04/2023 - Leave a Comment

The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka, on April 24, 2013 killed 1,138 people. Its legacy one decade on is a mix of …

10 years after Rana Plaza, fast fashion still resists change Read More

How the growing identity economy is reshaping the future of work

13/05/2021 - Leave a Comment

People no longer work just to put food on the table. In addition to funding basic needs, they work with a vision of self-fulfilment, purpose, and growth. They expect their …

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Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It

16/04/2021 - Leave a Comment

From the publisher: FINANCE IS A FEMINIST ISSUE. It’s 2021. The modern world is still rigged unfairly in men’s favour. Exploring injustices from pensions to boardroom bullying, Annabelle Williams, former …

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