‘Algorithm Breakers’ Are not a Different ‘Species’: Attitudes Towards Trade Unions of Deliveroo Riders in Belgium

Vandaele, Kurt; Piasna, Agnieszka; Drahokoupil, Jan

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3402899

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“…While successful alternative and truly collaborative models exist, such as open commons, platform cooperativism, and decentralized organizations based on a social economy and open knowledge, they have received limited policy and research attention. The empirical analysis of the platform economy (except for paradigmatic cases such as the FLOSS and Wikipedia communities) and public debate are mainly focused on the study of global platforms such as Deliveroo, Uber, and Airbnb [9,10]. Another lack in alternative collaborative models studies is that they have focused mostly on providing frameworks for analysis or organizational principles [7,11], but few are the studies that have empirical case analyses, and those performed have mainly focused on highly paradigmatic projects such as Fairbnb [12,13] or SMart [14].…”

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Sustainable Platform Economy: Connections with the Sustainable Development Goals

2020

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The platform economy is growing exponentially while creating expectations for its potential to contribute to a sustainable development. However, research aimed at showing the potential contribution of each platform’s business model to sustainable development is needed. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are driving the policy agenda, but it remains unclear how far they encourage a sustainable platform economy. First, this article aims to study how each different type of platform contributes to sustainable development. Second, it analyses if and how the factors that contribute to the sustainable design of platforms are considered in SDGs. The paper departs from a framework of sustainable democratic qualities of the platform economy that considers governance, economic sustainability, technological and data policies, social responsibility, and external impact dimensions. The study is based on an empirical analysis of 60 platforms. The results show that a sustainable design of a platform economy promotes sustainable development. Furthermore, the contributions of the sustainable dimensions of a platform to SDGs are mainly connected to the impact and responsibility and the economic model, but governance and data dimensions are not present in the SDGs. This suggests that SDGs should improve their digital perspective to intertwine better with the sustainable platforms.

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Section: Platform Economy Sustainabilitymentioning

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Sustainable Platform Economy: Connections with the Sustainable Development Goals

2020

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“…4 When Deliveroo unilaterally changed its contract model from an employee status to a self-employed model in 2017, several rider groups -mainly in Brussels -organised strikes and the temporary occupation of the Deliveroo building. Although the actions disrupted food delivery, Deliveroo did not alter its contract model or make any concessions [35].…”

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“…Another type of player has emerged in a number of countries: cooperatives organising self-employed workers and providing them with a range of services. One of the most established is SMart (Société Mutuelle pour Artistes), an organisation founded in Belgium in 1998 as an association of creative and cultural freelance workers and then transformed into a non-profit cooperative [6,35]. SMart is currently active in nine European countries and has extended to other sectors beyond creative work.…”

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confidence: 99%

Riders, Rights and Collective Action

Köhler¹

2021

Beyond Human Resources - Research Paths Towards a New Understanding of Workforce Management Within Organizations

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The aim of this chapter is to develop a conceptual framework for analysing the collective actions and organisational practices of delivery and transportation gig-workers, building on Rosa Luxemburg’s colonisation concept and on the power resources theory employed in current trade union analysis. The empirical bases are recent surveys and studies on platform work, the analysis of websites and social media communities for the collective action of platform workers and conversations with platform activists in several European countries. The specific characteristics of platform workers’ collective actions and organisational practices are examined with a view to identifying their potential and the opportunities they afford in the light of different trade union power resources.

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“…Cuando Deliveroo cambió unilateralmente su modelo de contrato de un régimen de empleado a un modelo de autónomo en 2017, varios colectivos de riders afectados, principalmente en Bruselas, organizaron huelgas y la ocupación temporal del edificio de Deliveroo. Aunque las acciones interrumpieron durante un tiempo el servicio de comida a domicilio, Deliveroo no alteró su modelo de contrato ni hizo ninguna concesión a los huelguistas (Vandaele et al 2019).…”

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“…En varios países ha surgido otro tipo de agente social de la economía de plataformas: las cooperativas que organizan a los trabajadores por cuenta propia y les brindan una serie de servicios profesionales. Una de las más establecidas es SMart (Société Mutuelle pour Artistes), una organización fundada en Bélgica en 1998 como una asociación de trabajadores independientes creativos y culturales y luego transformada en una cooperativa sin fines de lucro (Vandaele et al 2019). SMart opera actualmente en nueve países europeos y se ha extendido a otros sectores más allá del trabajo creativo.…”

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Las relaciones laborales en la economía de plataformas

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2020

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El objetivo del presente artículo consiste en desarrollar un marco analítico y conceptual para el análisis de la acción colectiva y las prácticas organizativas de los trabajadores de plataformas. Para esto recurrimos a enfoques clásicos de la sociología del trabajo capitalista y a la teoría de las fuentes de poder sindical. La base empírica son estudios y encuestas recientes del trabajo de plataformas, el análisis de páginas web de acción colectiva y conversaciones con activistas de las plataformas. Se examina las características específicas de la acción colectiva y de las prácticas organizativas de los trabajadores de plataformas para identificar su potencial y las oportunidades en la perspectiva de posibles fuentes de poder sindical.

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‘Algorithm Breakers’ Are not a Different ‘Species’: Attitudes Towards Trade Unions of Deliveroo Riders in Belgium

Cited by 33 publications

References 14 publications

Sustainable Platform Economy: Connections with the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Platform Economy: Connections with the Sustainable Development Goals

Riders, Rights and Collective Action

Las relaciones laborales en la economía de plataformas

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