Initiatives

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 […]

Coopcycle

CoopCycle est la fédération européenne des coopératives de livraison à vélo. Gouvernée démocratiquement par les coopératives, elle repose sur la solidarité entre elles et leur permet de réduire leurs coûts grâce à la mutualisation de services. Elle créée une force collective de négociation pour défendre les droits des livreur.se.s.

CourCyclette

CourCyclette is a “third place” located in Val-de-Marne, near to Paris. CourCyclette is member of the Cooperative Federation Coopcycle. CourCyclette is working on a citizen project to effectively install the ecological transition at the confluence of the Marne and Seine rivers. It deploys activities in the field of transport (by bike) and food (in short […]

Coursiers de Lyon en lutte

The CGT UberEats/Deliveroo section in Lyon was formed in the spring of 2019 from the CGT Committee of Precarious Workers, with the aim of federating the workers of the delivery platforms and collectively establishing their claims. Based on democratic practices, the section aims to defend the rights of platform workers and to reach new ones, […]

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 […]

Deliverunion

Deliverunion is a campaign launched by the anarchic grassroot union FAU (Freie Arbeiterinnen- und Arbeiter-Union). The campaign is aimed at Berlin riders working for Foodora and Deliveroo. Deliverunion fights for 5 key demands: the covering by the company of equipment repair costs that are currently borne by riders; an increase in wages of 1 euro […]

DiDaNet

DidaNet is a project led by the Austrian trade union confederation ÖGB and bringing together partners from along the Danube region. Its aim is to contribute to fair working conditions in the countries in the Danube region through the cooperation of the social partners. This should allow, on the one hand, to counteract precarious working […]

FairCrowdWork.at

FairCrowdWork is a joint project of IG Metall, the Austrian Chamber of Labor, the Austrian Trade Union Confederation, and the Swedish white collar union Unionen in association with research and development partners Encountering Tech and M&L Communication Marketing. FairCrowdWork collects information about crowd work, app-based work, and other "platform-based work" from the perspective of workers […]

FairCrowdWork.de

FairCrowdWork is a joint project of IG Metall, the Austrian Chamber of Labor, the Austrian Trade Union Confederation, and the Swedish white collar union Unionen in association with research and development partners Encountering Tech and M&L Communication Marketing. FairCrowdWork collects information about crowd work, app-based work, and other "platform-based work" from the perspective of workers […]

FairCrowdWork.se

FairCrowdWork is a joint project of IG Metall, the Austrian Chamber of Labor, the Austrian Trade Union Confederation, and the Swedish white collar union Unionen in association with research and development partners Encountering Tech and M&L Communication Marketing. FairCrowdWork collects information about crowd work, app-based work, and other "platform-based work" from the perspective of workers […]
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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.