Simon Joyce and Vera Trappman, Leeds Index
Taxi and delivery platforms determine the working conditions, access to labor, and pay of millions of workers worldwide. This frequently leads to protests by this group of workers. Reporting on such protests is mostly incomplete: news reports deal with isolated incidents and often give little background information. This is undesirable because understanding the dynamics behind these protests, workers' wishes, and the protests' organization are essential to finding solutions.
That is why a research team from the University of Leeds (UK) has mapped nearly 2,000 worker protests. This Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest shows differences and similarities, for example, between the platform economy and the regular labor market.
For The Gig Work Podcast from the WageIndicator Foundation, Martin Arets interviews Vera Trappmann and Simon Joyce, two researchers behind this project.
The interview’s highlights can also be found in a blog at Gigpedia.org.
The Gig Work Podcast is available at Apple Podcasts, Springcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Pandora, and Pocket Casts.