Sigurd M Nordli Oppegaard
@sigurdoppegaard.bsky.social
Researcher, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research @fafoinfo.bsky.social. Taxis, platforms, capitalism, technology, work, unions, ethnography, social theory
Pinned
I defended my PhD thesis on Friday. Thanks to the opponents, Trine P. Larsen and @alexjwoodsociology.bsky.social, for your thorough reading, relevant and challenging questions, and for very interesting discussions.
Fafo and the (MovingSkills) project is recruiting a PhD fellow. 4-year position, good working conditions and environment, and lovely colleagues. Apply and spread in relevant networks! Application deadline 5 Jan. @fafoinfo.bsky.social
fafo.no/om-fafo/ledi...
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Fafo søker ph.d.-stipendiat
Er du nysgjerrig på hvordan digitalisering endrer høyere yrkesfaglig utdanning. Ønsker du å bidra til forskning med samfunnsrelevans?
fafo.no
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Fafo and the (MovingSkills) project is recruiting a PhD fellow. 4-year position, good working conditions and environment, and lovely colleagues. Apply and spread in relevant networks! Application deadline 5 Jan. @fafoinfo.bsky.social
fafo.no/om-fafo/ledi...
fafo.no/om-fafo/ledi...
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BREAKING - WIE NL has begun legal action against Uber for collective redress over the unlawful use of algorithmic pay setting systems which badly damaged driver incomes.
workerinfoexchange.nl/press-releas...
workerinfoexchange.nl/press-releas...
Press Release: Drivers in UK and Europe set to sue Uber for unfair pay set by algorithm - Stichting WIE International
Stichting WIE International has launched the Dynamic Pay Claim against Uber, challenging the company’s use of dynamic pay and algorithmic wage-setting. The action seeks to stop Uber’s current pay mode...
workerinfoexchange.nl
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
BREAKING - WIE NL has begun legal action against Uber for collective redress over the unlawful use of algorithmic pay setting systems which badly damaged driver incomes.
workerinfoexchange.nl/press-releas...
workerinfoexchange.nl/press-releas...
Uber drivers in Bergen (Norway) just announced they are on strike due to Uber's high commission and low prices: www.nrk.no/vestland/ube...
Uber-sjåfører i Bergen streiker mot dårlige arbeidsvilkår
Skal du ut å reise i dag, kan det bli lang ventetid på Uber i Bergen. Fellesforbundet vil bistå de over femti sjåførene som streiker.
www.nrk.no
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Uber drivers in Bergen (Norway) just announced they are on strike due to Uber's high commission and low prices: www.nrk.no/vestland/ube...
After years of mobilization among drivers and a surge in strikes in November, the Kenyan Ministry of Transport announced yesterday that they will require the taxi apps to increase prices to ensure drivers fair pay. eastleighvoice.co.ke/business/242...
Cab fares to rise as government revises digital taxi rates to cushion drivers
Under the revised structure, vehicles with engines up to 1050cc will earn Sh33.1 per kilometre, up from Sh22, while cars with engines from 1051cc to 1300cc will...
eastleighvoice.co.ke
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
After years of mobilization among drivers and a surge in strikes in November, the Kenyan Ministry of Transport announced yesterday that they will require the taxi apps to increase prices to ensure drivers fair pay. eastleighvoice.co.ke/business/242...
Hva skjer i drosjenæringen? Jeg har skrevet et lite faktaflak for Fafo Østforum (@fafoinfo.bsky.social) som oppsummerer hva som har skjedd de siste årene og situasjonen i bransjen i dag. Jeg ser særlig på sjåførenes vilkår og betingelser. Les her: www.fafooestforum.no/nyheter/nytt...
Nytt faktaflak fra Østforum: Hva skjer i drosjenæringen?
I november 2020 ble den norske drosjemarkedsreguleringen liberalisert. Dette har hatt enorme konsekvenser for næringen og sjåførene som jobber der. Disse er delvis knyttet til den nye markedsstrukture...
www.fafooestforum.no
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Hva skjer i drosjenæringen? Jeg har skrevet et lite faktaflak for Fafo Østforum (@fafoinfo.bsky.social) som oppsummerer hva som har skjedd de siste årene og situasjonen i bransjen i dag. Jeg ser særlig på sjåførenes vilkår og betingelser. Les her: www.fafooestforum.no/nyheter/nytt...
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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Let's not overregulate the doomsday machine we wouldn't want to stifle innovation
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Let's not overregulate the doomsday machine we wouldn't want to stifle innovation
Kristin Jesnes @jesnes.bsky.social and Anne Mette Ødegård from @fafoinfo.bsky.social introducing the special session on the #euhorizon project #IntegrateDialogue at #ILERA @durham-university.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Kristin Jesnes @jesnes.bsky.social and Anne Mette Ødegård from @fafoinfo.bsky.social introducing the special session on the #euhorizon project #IntegrateDialogue at #ILERA @durham-university.bsky.social
Sammen med gode kollegaer har jeg skrevet en kronikk om den norske arbeidslivsmodellens "randsoner." Vi argumenterer for at dette er et nødvendig begrep for å forstå utviklingen arbeidslivet og hvorfor det er så vanskelig å sikre ordnede forhold i særlige bransjer.
frifagbevegelse.no/debatt/rands...
frifagbevegelse.no/debatt/rands...
Randsonen av arbeidslivet – hva skal til for å få ordna forhold?
Nylig lanserte Fafo to rapporter om forholdene i to deler av arbeidslivet, plattformøkonomien og vare- og budbilbransjen.
frifagbevegelse.no
September 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Sammen med gode kollegaer har jeg skrevet en kronikk om den norske arbeidslivsmodellens "randsoner." Vi argumenterer for at dette er et nødvendig begrep for å forstå utviklingen arbeidslivet og hvorfor det er så vanskelig å sikre ordnede forhold i særlige bransjer.
frifagbevegelse.no/debatt/rands...
frifagbevegelse.no/debatt/rands...
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I am also astonished that Colombian president Gustavo Petro has read the entirety of Marx's Capital three times! What's your excuse?
September 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I am also astonished that Colombian president Gustavo Petro has read the entirety of Marx's Capital three times! What's your excuse?
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Strømming direkte her fra 09:00 og senere i opptak
Fafo: Arbeiderne i randsonen: Hvordan sikre varebud-sjåfører og app-arbeidere rettferdige vilkår?
YouTube video by Fafo nett-TV
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Strømming direkte her fra 09:00 og senere i opptak
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– Det er en stor nød og desperasjon hos flere av de vi snakker med, sier forskningsleder Kaja Reegård i Fafo.
Nye funn om budbransjen: – Stor nød og desperasjon
De vasker huset ditt, kjører drosja du tar hjem fra byen og leverer mat på døra. En stor del av Norges «nye underklasse» har en app som sjef, ifølge nye rapporter.
www.nrk.no
August 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
– Det er en stor nød og desperasjon hos flere av de vi snakker med, sier forskningsleder Kaja Reegård i Fafo.
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ICYMI: Trump has just about decimated the federal workforce, with more than 199,000 people pushed out since Jan, per a new report.
Nearly 10% of the entire federal civilian workforce gone.
“The services that Americans have come to expect are not going to be there.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Nearly 10% of the entire federal civilian workforce gone.
“The services that Americans have come to expect are not going to be there.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Pushed Out A 'Stunning' Number Of Federal Workers — And Now We Know Exactly How Many
“We’re seeing the arson of our government,” warned Max Stier of Partnership for Public Service, which has been tracking people's lost jobs since January.
www.huffpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
ICYMI: Trump has just about decimated the federal workforce, with more than 199,000 people pushed out since Jan, per a new report.
Nearly 10% of the entire federal civilian workforce gone.
“The services that Americans have come to expect are not going to be there.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Nearly 10% of the entire federal civilian workforce gone.
“The services that Americans have come to expect are not going to be there.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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This is what happens when you order delivery in DC right now.
August 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is what happens when you order delivery in DC right now.
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SWEDEN: Tesla and the union have opened the door to resolutions that do not involve a collective agreement ttps://www.teslarati.com/tesla-sweden-makes-if-metall-union-give-up-600-day-strike/
Tesla Sweden finally makes IF Metall union give up 600-day strike
Tesla and the union have opened the door to resolutions that do not involve a collective agreement.
www.teslarati.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
SWEDEN: Tesla and the union have opened the door to resolutions that do not involve a collective agreement ttps://www.teslarati.com/tesla-sweden-makes-if-metall-union-give-up-600-day-strike/
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Fantastic article on the contradictions of Norwegian energy policy at home and abroad. The Norwegian state as a global rentier. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The landlord state goes abroad: The remaking of the Norwegian ‘Energy Nation’ as a global rentier - Yngve Solli Heiret, 2024
This paper explores the global political economy of the relationship between energy, ground rent, and the state. In its role as the ‘nation’s landlord’, the sta...
journals.sagepub.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Fantastic article on the contradictions of Norwegian energy policy at home and abroad. The Norwegian state as a global rentier. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Nå som valgkampen på ordentlig er i gang, er det på tide å trekke frem denne igjen: Dag Solstad som leser av høyresidens (fravær av) slagord
Jeg har skrevet en liten Dag Solstadsk analyse av Høyres nye anti-slagord. I Arild Asnes 1970 påpekte nemlig Solstad hvorfor høyresiden er så redde for politiske slagord:
Dag Solstad om frykten for politiske slagord
«Ingen slagord» heter det i i Høyre sin nye kampanje synlig overalt på digitale skjermer rundt om i byen. Rett nedenfor følger en linje med «bare» dette eller hint. «Bare mer politi og forsvar», «b…
trialektisk.blog
August 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Nå som valgkampen på ordentlig er i gang, er det på tide å trekke frem denne igjen: Dag Solstad som leser av høyresidens (fravær av) slagord
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Apart from it's multi-pronged attack on the state, I shared how Uber is a trend-setter in other ways: “Uber’s personalised wages and prices echo what’s happening with grocery prices, plane tickets, and other goods increasingly being priced with granular data.” www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Why ‘dynamic pay’ is the new way to rip you off
Workers are being offered personalised payments for each job — but often that means they’re get a smaller piece of the pie
www.thetimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Apart from it's multi-pronged attack on the state, I shared how Uber is a trend-setter in other ways: “Uber’s personalised wages and prices echo what’s happening with grocery prices, plane tickets, and other goods increasingly being priced with granular data.” www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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Phil A. Neel launched a substack:
“Geopolitics has, quite literally, become a bread-and-butter issue across much of the globe, [...] Whether ecological, economic, or political, it appears that the “planetary” is now, in every sense, immediate.”
philneel.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
“Geopolitics has, quite literally, become a bread-and-butter issue across much of the globe, [...] Whether ecological, economic, or political, it appears that the “planetary” is now, in every sense, immediate.”
philneel.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
August 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Phil A. Neel launched a substack:
“Geopolitics has, quite literally, become a bread-and-butter issue across much of the globe, [...] Whether ecological, economic, or political, it appears that the “planetary” is now, in every sense, immediate.”
philneel.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
“Geopolitics has, quite literally, become a bread-and-butter issue across much of the globe, [...] Whether ecological, economic, or political, it appears that the “planetary” is now, in every sense, immediate.”
philneel.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
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Norway should sell the remaining four-fifths of Israeli companies held by its $2 trillion Oil Fund as well. No more material support to the economies of genocidal states. [gift link]
Norway oil fund sells out of a fifth of Israeli firms amid fierce criticism
Opposition politicians and activists call on $2tn fund to review the 50 Israeli companies still in its portfolio
on.ft.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Norway should sell the remaining four-fifths of Israeli companies held by its $2 trillion Oil Fund as well. No more material support to the economies of genocidal states. [gift link]
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Det kan ikke understreges nok at den systematiske israelske massemord på journalister er unikt i historisk sammenhæng. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
August 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Det kan ikke understreges nok at den systematiske israelske massemord på journalister er unikt i historisk sammenhæng. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...
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Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#JournalismIsNotACrime
August 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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"Selvfølgelig er teknologibransjen en viktig del av dødsmaskineriet på Gaza.
Og da må selvfølgelig de som representerer teknologer mene noe om det."
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Og da må selvfølgelig de som representerer teknologer mene noe om det."
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– Utviklere har et merkelig forhold til fagforeninger
– Teknologibransjen er en viktig del av dødsmaskineriet. Da må selvfølgelig de som representerer den mene noe, skriver Ole Petter i ukas nyhetsbrev.
www.kode24.no
August 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"Selvfølgelig er teknologibransjen en viktig del av dødsmaskineriet på Gaza.
Og da må selvfølgelig de som representerer teknologer mene noe om det."
🤦♂️
Og da må selvfølgelig de som representerer teknologer mene noe om det."
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Uber's $20bn share buy back is a MASSIVE transfer of their wage theft from exploited workers to greedy investors. It equates to $2,400 for every rider & driver on the platform or just under the total value of fares collected from passengers in Q2 '25. www.ft.com/content/6643...
Uber launches $20bn share buyback
Ride-hailing app announces plans after posting upbeat outlook for gross bookings
www.ft.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Uber's $20bn share buy back is a MASSIVE transfer of their wage theft from exploited workers to greedy investors. It equates to $2,400 for every rider & driver on the platform or just under the total value of fares collected from passengers in Q2 '25. www.ft.com/content/6643...
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Socialists must plan for the next economic crisis *before* it happen. Otherwise, the ruling class will use it – again – to suppress workers and further destroy nature.
This essay – first of two parts – in @journalspectre.bsky.social offers socialist reflections on the coming crisis.
This essay – first of two parts – in @journalspectre.bsky.social offers socialist reflections on the coming crisis.
What Are We Waiting For? – Spectre Journal
This two-part essay draws upon crisis theory and the history of economic crises to reflect on the current turbulence and the next economic crisis. The first part of the essay begins by drawing on the ...
spectrejournal.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Socialists must plan for the next economic crisis *before* it happen. Otherwise, the ruling class will use it – again – to suppress workers and further destroy nature.
This essay – first of two parts – in @journalspectre.bsky.social offers socialist reflections on the coming crisis.
This essay – first of two parts – in @journalspectre.bsky.social offers socialist reflections on the coming crisis.