Europe

La Pajara

La Pajara is part of the Coopcycle federation. It was initiated at the beginning of 2018, after the movement and protests against Deliveroo. The project was planned with Coopcycle. Finally, in October 2018 La Pajara started working with its first collaboration projects and customers. Now, two people are working full time and two other people […]

Agreement between Bzzt and the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union

The agreement between the transportation (by small, electric, three-wheeled moped) start-up  Bzzt and the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union allows Bzzt drivers to be covered by the Taxi Agreement, which gives the workers access to the same standards as traditional taxi drivers. Unlike many platform companies, the drivers in Bzzt are offered  marginal part-time contracts.  The […]

Deliveroo Works Council in Cologne and other German cities

In January 2018, Deliveroo riders in Cologne announced that they would hold works council elections in February. Despite Deliveroo’s resistance to this initiative, including the dismissal of permanent staff and erasing the internal chat allowing workers to organise shifts, elections led to the setting up of the first Deliveroo works council in Germany. Riders had […]

Foodora works council in Cologne and other German cities

Foodora riders in Cologne elected their first works council in Summer 2017. This was also the first works council to be elected by riders of the platform economy in Germany. Foodora’s riders in Cologne started organising through a Whatsapp group chat, but soon went to NGG, a German trade union active in the food, beverages […]

The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB)

The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) represents mainly low paid migrant workers, such as outsourced cleaners and security guards, and platform workers. IWGB was founded in August of 2012, and its branches undertake attractive campaigns for better pay and conditions. IWGB has taken to court several platform operators on a range of employment […]

indépendants.co

indépendants.co is a French independent workers union. Launched in February 2020, its mission is to draw the outlines of a society that respects and protects the self-employed. It is aimed at all independent workers, whatever their status or profession, with autonomy and solidarity as its cardinal values. Its ambition is to renew the forms of […]

Collective Bargaining Agreements to regulate gig work

Unionen, which organises white-collar workers within the private sector in Sweden, sees Swedish platform firms’ intentions to be serious actors on the labour market. A few have already signed collective bargaining agreements, and Unionen is negotiating with others. Two of the CBA:s are in the Temporal Work sector. The rationale for platform firms to sign […]

Syndicom and Mila Code of Conduct

Syndicom, the Swiss trade union for media and communication sectors, and Mila, a platform providing repair and tech services, signed a code of conduct in February 2019. It is the first such code in Switzerland. The code of conduct includes 8 principles aimed at creating trust and fairness in relations between the platform and the […]

SCCUD Dijon

The CGT union of the United Couriers of Dijon (Sccud) was created in August 2019, with the aim of federating delivery platform couriers and collectively establishing claims. The union is linked to the other regional courier collectives.

SCALA Nantes

The SCALA - Syndicat des Coursiers Autonomes de Loire-Atlantique was created in December 2019, with the aim of federating delivery platform couriers and collectively establishing claims. The union is linked to other regional courier collectives.
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Digital Platform Observatory

The digital platform observatory is a joint initiative of ETUC, IRES and ASTREES, funded by the European Commission. It brings together trade unionists, experts, activists, specialists of workers representation and collective action in the  platform economy.