Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest
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Documenting global patterns of worker protest in the platform economy and beyond.
Leeds, United Kingdom
Joined July 2022
🚨🥳Thrilled that this is now OUT and OA @WESjnl , after many years work. We examine patterns in drivers and strategies for platform worker protest across 1271 cases, identifying Marx and Polanyi-type dynamics of labour unrest. To read: See also🧵below👇
🚨🚨Our paper “How, where and why do platform workers protest?” is now in press and can be read here: We identify "Marx" and "Polanyi"-type patterns across 1271 global instances of platform economy labour unrest (cf Silver). A brief 🧵 about key points 👇
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Delighted that this paper👇👇has now been awarded the Sage prize for Innovation and Excellence in Research, as (joint) best paper published in WES last year. The thread below summarises the core argument.
🚨🥳Thrilled that this is now OUT and OA @WESjnl , after many years work. We examine patterns in drivers and strategies for platform worker protest across 1271 cases, identifying Marx and Polanyi-type dynamics of labour unrest. To read: See also🧵below👇
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RT @irenagrugulis: Calling all Management Consultancy academics - we would love to have you working for us at @CERIC_LUBS @LeedsUniBSchool….
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RT @CERIC_LUBS: 📣 Call for papers for the CERIC Doctoral Conference 2025 is now live! 📣. 📅 Wednesday 21st May, 2025. 📍 Clarendon Building,….
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You can find our earlier reports on Germany 🇩🇪 and Mexico 🇲🇽 here: 👉👉
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🚨🚨NEW!🚨🚨 . In our latest country report, @MRhysPowell uses Leeds Index data to examine the emergent years of platform workers' protest in India 🇮🇳 and finds the gradual development of a nationwide movement. Read here: 👉👉
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RT @digitcentre: 📣 NEW REPORT! ‘Digital Dialogues: Shaping the digital transformation of work’, outlines key findings from our five-year pr….
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RT @CERIC_LUBS: Tomorrow - CERIC Seminar online with Akram Al Ariss from @tbs_education on Employment of International Migrants. Free regis….
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RT @TowardsFairWork: Mark your calendar! The first-ever #FairworkPoland ratings are launching on December 10 at 14:00 CET! 🚗🇵🇱 . REGISTER N….
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RT @MRhysPowell: Come along to this in a couple of weeks time! And if you have anything to donate from previous ri….
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Not long to go until our event in Manchester with @alexjkmarshall of the @IWGBunion and delivery worker Celestino Santos Pereira!. Join us to discuss the history and future of platform workers' collective action. @mmu_decentwork @WorkEqualities @ManchesterIRS @DecentWorkCity.
Delivering Justice: Towards a History of Food Delivery Workers’ Organising. Wednesday 11th December 6:30PM. Join to discuss food delivery workers’ struggle in Britain when we'll be joined by Alex Marshall, President of the @IWGBunion , Morgan Rhys Powell from @Leeds_Index
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RT @wcmlibrary: Delivering Justice: Towards a History of Food Delivery Workers’ Organising. Wednesday 11th December 6:30PM. Join to discuss….
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RT @digitcentre: 🎉 We are delighted to announce that the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (@ESRC) has awarded Digit £8.3 million f….
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Really happy that the Leeds Index team contributes to this great collection! Our chapter is about how institutional differences across Europe generate different patterns of platform worker unrest.
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RT @IWGBunion: BREAKING: Workers at Royal Mail subsidiary eCourier are balloting to STRIKE. They've been misclassified as independent cont….
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RT @CERIC_LUBS: PGSWRN Post Graduate Conference 2024 – “Sex Work: Exploring Labour, Work, and Employment” programme available at: https://t….
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RT @irenagrugulis: @ivanapais @CERIC_LUBS @digitcentre speaking on digital platforms for homecare workers in the UK
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RT @irenagrugulis: @Raecooper1 presents @CERIC_LUBS @digitcentre explaining the ‘problem’ of male-dominated jobs - pipeline or pond https:/….
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Huge thanks to @PactaIndia for inviting us to take part in such an insightful event discussing platform working conditions and regulation in India.
💻 Join us for today an insightful discussion on improving working conditions for #gigworkers. 🔗🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 10th September 2024.⏰ Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Great to be part of what looks like a brilliant collection of chapters on food delivery work. Our contribution is about the surprising persistence of industrial relations regimes in explaining worker protest across Europe.
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RT @digitcentre: Digit Doctoral Researcher @Denis_Nmnn is quoted in a @mdrde article discussing the impact of the new EU platform work dire….
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