As more people participate in the gig economy, workers are looking to organize so companies are held accountable for the labor market that they’ve helped create. In the San Francisco Chronicle piece on …
“The promise of free gold is perhaps a fitting symbol for the gap between hype and reality in Uberland. A culture of shaky and insecure work in precarious times shapes the dynamics …
At the start of this new year, we look to those whose research and books help change how people think, plan, and govern in our world today. Happy New Year from the …
“Uber didn’t invent the idea that its technology would be neutral. That comes from a Silicon Valley idea.” —Alex Rosenblat, technology ethnographer and author of Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules …
In an interview with CityLab, Alext Rosenblat, technology ethnographer and author of Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work, shares her research on how Uber’s “algorithm as a boss” attitude affects …
Highlighting issues that face current and future workers, Alex Rosenblat, author of Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work, was in conversation with Sarah Kessler, author of Gigged: The End …
This Labor Day, we remember the history of the U.S. labor movement, the contributions and achievements of American workers, and the struggles that laborers continue to face today regarding worker’s rights. Below …
This year’s Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) (August 29 – September 1 in Sydney, Australia) will focus on transnational collaboration while encouraging intellectual and political engagements and …