Riding for Deliveroo / Callum Cant

Public ISBD Titre : Riding for Deliveroo : Resistance in the New Economy Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Callum Cant, Auteur Editeur : Cambridge : Polity Press Année de publication : 2020 Importance : 198 p Note générale : 04.06.CAN Langues : Anglais (eng) Tags : NTIC  Economie numérique  Economie digitale  Emploi  Travail  Conditions de travail Index. décimale : 04.06 - NTIC Résumé : What is life like for workers in the gig economy? Is it a paradise of flexibility and individual freedom? Or is it a world of exploitation and conflict? Callum Cant took a job with one of the most prominent platforms, Deliveroo, to find out. His vivid account of the reality is grim. Workers are being tyrannised by algorithms and exploited for the profit of the few – but they are not taking it lying down. Cant reveals a transnational network of encrypted chats and informal groups which have given birth to a wave of strikes and protests. Far from being atomised individuals helpless in the face of massive tech companies, workers are tearing up the rulebook and taking back control. Riding for Deliveroo : Resistance in the New Economy [texte imprimé] / Callum Cant, Auteur . - Cambridge : Polity Press, 2020 . - 198 p. 04.06.CAN Langues : Anglais (eng) Tags : NTIC  Economie numérique  Economie digitale  Emploi  Travail  Conditions de travail Index. décimale : 04.06 - NTIC Résumé : What is life like for workers in the gig economy? Is it a paradise of flexibility and individual freedom? Or is it a world of exploitation and conflict? Callum Cant took a job with one of the most prominent platforms, Deliveroo, to find out. His vivid account of the reality is grim. Workers are being tyrannised by algorithms and exploited for the profit of the few – but they are not taking it lying down. Cant reveals a transnational network of encrypted chats and informal groups which have given birth to a wave of strikes and protests. Far from being atomised individuals helpless in the face of massive tech companies, workers are tearing up the rulebook and taking back control.

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