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Apr
Labor in a Time of Crisis
COVID-19 has laid bare the enormous gap between the value that frontline workers bring to society and the low wages many earn in return.
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Dec
How Uber Can Fix Its Sexual Misconduct Problem—From an Expert on the Gig Economy
Uber has released their safety report detailing thousands of incidents of sexual assault. But as Sociologist & Gig Economy Researcher Alexandrea J. Ravenelle says in her New York Times op-ed, the statistics in the report don’t tell the whole story.
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Jun
Can You Retire When You Work in the Gig Economy?
Many assume that only younger people work in the gig economy. But according to Alexandrea J. Ravenelle, author of Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, “about a quarter …
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May
Uber and Lyft Drivers on Strike
With Uber and Lyft drivers on strike yesterday ahead of the Uber IPO, the drivers brought to light the precarity of gig work. On CBS News, Alex Rosenblat, technology ethnographer and author …
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Mar
Gig Workers Fighting Back
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 …
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Dec
How Silicon Valley Inspired Uberland
“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 …
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Oct
The Future of Labor: Uberland and the Gig Economy
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 …
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