The gig economy

What is the gig economy and why is it controversial?
Gig economy

What is the gig economy and why is it controversial?

The gig economy is touted by some as key to workers’ freedom, but many of those workers say it’s eroding their rights. This is what you need to know about the work model

The Uber files: leaked documents reveal a strategy of chaos – has anything changed?
Jimena Valdez

The Uber files: leaked documents reveal a strategy of chaos – has anything changed?

The Uber files have lifted the lid on the controversy at the ride hailing app. Academic Jimena Valdez explains how the company embraced the chaos it wrought.

Food delivery drivers are taking part in the UK’s ‘longest ever gig economy strike’
Strike action

Food delivery drivers are taking part in the UK’s ‘longest ever gig economy strike’

McDonald’s branches in Sheffield have been forced to stop taking orders due to the walkout over delivery fee payments.

Food delivery riders to TfL drivers: The strikes you should know about this winter
Strike action

Food delivery riders to TfL drivers: The strikes you should know about this winter

Ocado Zoom workers face ‘botched’ fire and rehire tactics as MP highlights their ‘appalling treatment’
Gig economy

Ocado Zoom workers face ‘botched’ fire and rehire tactics as MP highlights their ‘appalling treatment’

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A National Food Service? TfL for taxis? What nationalising the gig economy could look like
Employment

A National Food Service? TfL for taxis? What nationalising the gig economy could look like

Striking Uber drivers demand end to ‘racist’ facial recognition software
Employment

Striking Uber drivers demand end to ‘racist’ facial recognition software

‘It’s going crazy’: How minicab drivers are coping with the fuel crisis
Employment

‘It’s going crazy’: How minicab drivers are coping with the fuel crisis

‘Cold and callous’: The Uber Eats algorithm is sacking people automatically
Employment

‘Cold and callous’: The Uber Eats algorithm is sacking people automatically

Uber drivers fear workers rights changes will leave them ‘worse off’
Employment

Uber drivers fear workers rights changes will leave them ‘worse off’

Gig economy: What does the Supreme Court’s Uber decision mean for workers?
Employment

Gig economy: What does the Supreme Court’s Uber decision mean for workers?

Gig economy workers facing ‘triple hit’ of pandemic hardship
Employment

Gig economy workers facing ‘triple hit’ of pandemic hardship

‘Killed By My Debt’ highlights the fatal extremes of the gig economy
Employment

‘Killed By My Debt’ highlights the fatal extremes of the gig economy