FEPS-Nordic Digital Programme presented by @montyaal.bsky.social & @gerardoosterwijk.bsky.social
▶️In 2023-2024, it focused on #AlgorithmicManagement & #PlatformWork
▶️In 2025-2026, it looks at the #AI systems' use in the #PublicSector & trade union capacity building on digital technologies at work
▶️In 2023-2024, it focused on #AlgorithmicManagement & #PlatformWork
▶️In 2025-2026, it looks at the #AI systems' use in the #PublicSector & trade union capacity building on digital technologies at work
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
FEPS-Nordic Digital Programme presented by @montyaal.bsky.social & @gerardoosterwijk.bsky.social
▶️In 2023-2024, it focused on #AlgorithmicManagement & #PlatformWork
▶️In 2025-2026, it looks at the #AI systems' use in the #PublicSector & trade union capacity building on digital technologies at work
▶️In 2023-2024, it focused on #AlgorithmicManagement & #PlatformWork
▶️In 2025-2026, it looks at the #AI systems' use in the #PublicSector & trade union capacity building on digital technologies at work
We’re launching our new report on sex work & platform labour on 15 May at 2 PM BST.
We spoke to workers using platforms like OnlyFans & Chaturbate—what we found was abuse, precarity & platform neglect.
Join the launch: buff.ly/hs6kH5E
#Fairwork #SexWorkIsWork #PlatformWork
We spoke to workers using platforms like OnlyFans & Chaturbate—what we found was abuse, precarity & platform neglect.
Join the launch: buff.ly/hs6kH5E
#Fairwork #SexWorkIsWork #PlatformWork
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Sexwork Report Launch. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Sexwork Report Launch. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
buff.ly
May 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We’re launching our new report on sex work & platform labour on 15 May at 2 PM BST.
We spoke to workers using platforms like OnlyFans & Chaturbate—what we found was abuse, precarity & platform neglect.
Join the launch: buff.ly/hs6kH5E
#Fairwork #SexWorkIsWork #PlatformWork
We spoke to workers using platforms like OnlyFans & Chaturbate—what we found was abuse, precarity & platform neglect.
Join the launch: buff.ly/hs6kH5E
#Fairwork #SexWorkIsWork #PlatformWork
From cleaners to couriers, babysitters to beauticians, millions of platform workers face insecure jobs, unpaid hours, no safety net, and higher risks of discrimination and violence — especially women.
The ILO now has a rare chance to set global rules for fair #PlatformWork.
🔗 buff.ly/J3zCdL3
The ILO now has a rare chance to set global rules for fair #PlatformWork.
🔗 buff.ly/J3zCdL3
Fair work is possible
Insecure or precarious work is not inevitable. It was created intentionally, by dismantling or circumventing employment law regulations
www.ips-journal.eu
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
From cleaners to couriers, babysitters to beauticians, millions of platform workers face insecure jobs, unpaid hours, no safety net, and higher risks of discrimination and violence — especially women.
The ILO now has a rare chance to set global rules for fair #PlatformWork.
🔗 buff.ly/J3zCdL3
The ILO now has a rare chance to set global rules for fair #PlatformWork.
🔗 buff.ly/J3zCdL3
💭 Platform workers aren’t waiting for regulation, they’re organising.
Oğuz Alyanak (@UniofOxford) shows how workers use grassroots networks to build collective power.
📣 “Workers aren’t waiting for policy.”
👉 reshapingwork.net/ai-platforms...
#PlatformWork #WorkerVoice #ReshapingWork
Oğuz Alyanak (@UniofOxford) shows how workers use grassroots networks to build collective power.
📣 “Workers aren’t waiting for policy.”
👉 reshapingwork.net/ai-platforms...
#PlatformWork #WorkerVoice #ReshapingWork
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
💭 Platform workers aren’t waiting for regulation, they’re organising.
Oğuz Alyanak (@UniofOxford) shows how workers use grassroots networks to build collective power.
📣 “Workers aren’t waiting for policy.”
👉 reshapingwork.net/ai-platforms...
#PlatformWork #WorkerVoice #ReshapingWork
Oğuz Alyanak (@UniofOxford) shows how workers use grassroots networks to build collective power.
📣 “Workers aren’t waiting for policy.”
👉 reshapingwork.net/ai-platforms...
#PlatformWork #WorkerVoice #ReshapingWork
Am Mittwoch wird hoffentlich die - leider verwässerte - Plattformarbeits-Richtlinie verabschiedet.
#platformwork
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
#platformwork
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
Agenda - Index - Monday, 22 April 2024 - Thursday, 25 April 2024
www.europarl.europa.eu
April 22, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Am Mittwoch wird hoffentlich die - leider verwässerte - Plattformarbeits-Richtlinie verabschiedet.
#platformwork
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
#platformwork
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
As #platformwork becomes increasingly prevalent, so too does the political momentum for policies that prioritize social protection, skills development, and economic security.
www.socialeurope.eu/platform-wor...
www.socialeurope.eu/platform-wor...
Platform Workers Crave Security, Not Freedom!
They are not entrepreneurs: Study shows platform workers across 26 countries demand welfare state support and social security.
www.socialeurope.eu
April 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
As #platformwork becomes increasingly prevalent, so too does the political momentum for policies that prioritize social protection, skills development, and economic security.
www.socialeurope.eu/platform-wor...
www.socialeurope.eu/platform-wor...
Fairwork’s approach to platform accountability is now featured in Environment and Planning A.
The new article breaks down how action research can create real-world change for gig workers.
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #ActionResearch #LabourRights
The new article breaks down how action research can create real-world change for gig workers.
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #ActionResearch #LabourRights
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fairwork’s approach to platform accountability is now featured in Environment and Planning A.
The new article breaks down how action research can create real-world change for gig workers.
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #ActionResearch #LabourRights
The new article breaks down how action research can create real-world change for gig workers.
Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#Fairwork #PlatformWork #ActionResearch #LabourRights
Fairwork is featured in the UN’s latest report on AI and human rights!
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
July 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fairwork is featured in the UN’s latest report on AI and human rights!
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
Right2WorkNG has joined the Fairwork Pledge. Based in Nigeria, they advocate for fair conditions for informal and platform workers—while investing in youth labour education.
Discover their work: right2work.ng
Become a partner: fair.work/pledge
#Fairwork #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #Nigeria
Discover their work: right2work.ng
Become a partner: fair.work/pledge
#Fairwork #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #Nigeria
August 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Right2WorkNG has joined the Fairwork Pledge. Based in Nigeria, they advocate for fair conditions for informal and platform workers—while investing in youth labour education.
Discover their work: right2work.ng
Become a partner: fair.work/pledge
#Fairwork #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #Nigeria
Discover their work: right2work.ng
Become a partner: fair.work/pledge
#Fairwork #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #Nigeria
I think what we're seeing in the #socialmedia, #Platformwork and #ai spaces today are still reeling with the consequences of the 2008 #financialcrisis
What the market learned was that to be really successful was not to turn in the most profit, but to exit the realm of needing to turn in a […]
What the market learned was that to be really successful was not to turn in the most profit, but to exit the realm of needing to turn in a […]
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mastodon.green
September 27, 2024 at 2:17 PM
I think what we're seeing in the #socialmedia, #Platformwork and #ai spaces today are still reeling with the consequences of the 2008 #financialcrisis
What the market learned was that to be really successful was not to turn in the most profit, but to exit the realm of needing to turn in a […]
What the market learned was that to be really successful was not to turn in the most profit, but to exit the realm of needing to turn in a […]
Can you have a psychological contract with an algorithm? In this new open access paper we unpack this question by adopting a theory of the mind perspective #platformwork #algorithms #psychologicalcontract @uccresearch.bsky.social
Anthropomorphising the Algorithm: A ‘Theory of Mind’ Perspective on Psychological Contract Creation in Gig Work Arrangements
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Can you have a psychological contract with an algorithm? In this new open access paper we unpack this question by adopting a theory of the mind perspective #platformwork #algorithms #psychologicalcontract @uccresearch.bsky.social
No time to waste for national governments - @etuc-ces.bsky.social reaction to #PlatformWork Directive adoption by Council www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
www.etuc.org
October 14, 2024 at 11:14 AM
No time to waste for national governments - @etuc-ces.bsky.social reaction to #PlatformWork Directive adoption by Council www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
🚨 New from IAMCR & Wiley!
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.
A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
📘 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...
#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.
A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
📘 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...
#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork
June 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🚨 New from IAMCR & Wiley!
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.
A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
📘 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...
#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.
A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
📘 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...
#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork
In our latest article, Fasica Berhane Gebrekidan reveals how AI systems are built on the hidden labor of African data workers who endure trauma and exploitation—while Big Tech profits and looks away.
#DigitalLabour #AIExploitation #ContentModeration #PlatformWork #ResponsibleAI #GhostWorkers
#DigitalLabour #AIExploitation #ContentModeration #PlatformWork #ResponsibleAI #GhostWorkers
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In our latest article, Fasica Berhane Gebrekidan reveals how AI systems are built on the hidden labor of African data workers who endure trauma and exploitation—while Big Tech profits and looks away.
#DigitalLabour #AIExploitation #ContentModeration #PlatformWork #ResponsibleAI #GhostWorkers
#DigitalLabour #AIExploitation #ContentModeration #PlatformWork #ResponsibleAI #GhostWorkers
OnlineFirst - "Pressure and praise as an action research methodology: The case of Fairwork" by Mark Graham, Oğuz Alyanak, Alessio Bertolini, Patrick Feuerstein, Tobias Kuttler, Funda Ustek Spilda, and Jonas Valente:
#platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
April 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
OnlineFirst - "Pressure and praise as an action research methodology: The case of Fairwork" by Mark Graham, Oğuz Alyanak, Alessio Bertolini, Patrick Feuerstein, Tobias Kuttler, Funda Ustek Spilda, and Jonas Valente:
#platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
NEW REPORT! First-ever #FairworkPoland ratings offer a timely lens on the future of #PlatformWork in Poland & beyond, especially given new #EuropeanPlatformWorkDirective
👉https://buff.ly/4iux8MU
@oiioxford.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social
👉https://buff.ly/4iux8MU
@oiioxford.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
NEW REPORT! First-ever #FairworkPoland ratings offer a timely lens on the future of #PlatformWork in Poland & beyond, especially given new #EuropeanPlatformWorkDirective
👉https://buff.ly/4iux8MU
@oiioxford.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social
👉https://buff.ly/4iux8MU
@oiioxford.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social
Join me and @gerardditrolio.bsky.social today Nov 22 @ 11am PST for a conversation on "Organizing Platform Workers in the Gig Economy"
In-person in DTB B323 or on Zoom @ buff.ly/3YR0KLa
#canlan #gigwork #platformwork
In-person in DTB B323 or on Zoom @ buff.ly/3YR0KLa
#canlan #gigwork #platformwork
November 22, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Join me and @gerardditrolio.bsky.social today Nov 22 @ 11am PST for a conversation on "Organizing Platform Workers in the Gig Economy"
In-person in DTB B323 or on Zoom @ buff.ly/3YR0KLa
#canlan #gigwork #platformwork
In-person in DTB B323 or on Zoom @ buff.ly/3YR0KLa
#canlan #gigwork #platformwork
Now it's all official, I can let people know that I have been awarded an #ERCAdG ERC Advanced Grant for my LivePlatforms project to critically examine the actors involved in determining how - or whether - people make livelihoods in the platform economy.
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour
📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants!
The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.
Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD
#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.
Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD
#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
June 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Now it's all official, I can let people know that I have been awarded an #ERCAdG ERC Advanced Grant for my LivePlatforms project to critically examine the actors involved in determining how - or whether - people make livelihoods in the platform economy.
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour
Troubled by the worrying news from the Finnish government. Is Finland really opposing the directive on platform workers that would improve their uncertain situation? Voting is on Friday!
#platformwork #platformworkersdirective #finland
#platformwork #platformworkersdirective #finland
Does the Finnish government oppose improving the position of platform workers?
It is incomprehensible if the Finnish government does not acknowledge the challenges of platform work.
finunions.org
December 21, 2023 at 9:08 AM
Troubled by the worrying news from the Finnish government. Is Finland really opposing the directive on platform workers that would improve their uncertain situation? Voting is on Friday!
#platformwork #platformworkersdirective #finland
#platformwork #platformworkersdirective #finland
📢 On May 20 at 2PM BST, @towardsfairwork.bsky.social will launch the Cloudwork Ratings 2025 — a new report assessing fairness across 16 digital labour platforms.
🔗 Register for the launch event: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #DigitalLabour #PlatformWork #AIWorkforce #OIIEvents
🔗 Register for the launch event: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #DigitalLabour #PlatformWork #AIWorkforce #OIIEvents
May 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📢 On May 20 at 2PM BST, @towardsfairwork.bsky.social will launch the Cloudwork Ratings 2025 — a new report assessing fairness across 16 digital labour platforms.
🔗 Register for the launch event: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #DigitalLabour #PlatformWork #AIWorkforce #OIIEvents
🔗 Register for the launch event: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #DigitalLabour #PlatformWork #AIWorkforce #OIIEvents
📣 ILOn työkonferenssissa kesäkuussa sovittiin ensimmäistä kertaa historiassa, että alustatyöntekijöille luodaan täytäntöönpanokelpoinen maailmanlaajuinen suoja.
📝 Allekirjoita @ituc.bsky.social'n vetoomus ja näytä, että kannatat työntekijöiden vahvaa suojelua! ✊#PlatformWork
📝 Allekirjoita @ituc.bsky.social'n vetoomus ja näytä, että kannatat työntekijöiden vahvaa suojelua! ✊#PlatformWork
Platform workers deserve better:
🔍 Transparency in how apps set pay
✊ The right to organise
🏥 Real benefits and protections
We're fighting for strong, enforceable rules — not corporate-friendly loopholes.
Join us:
🔍 Transparency in how apps set pay
✊ The right to organise
🏥 Real benefits and protections
We're fighting for strong, enforceable rules — not corporate-friendly loopholes.
Join us:
It's time to deliver rights for all platform workers!
To: Government Delegations to the International Labour Conference Millions of people worldwide now rely on digital platforms for their income. From food delivery couriers to ride hailing drivers,…
petitions.ituc-csi.org
August 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📣 ILOn työkonferenssissa kesäkuussa sovittiin ensimmäistä kertaa historiassa, että alustatyöntekijöille luodaan täytäntöönpanokelpoinen maailmanlaajuinen suoja.
📝 Allekirjoita @ituc.bsky.social'n vetoomus ja näytä, että kannatat työntekijöiden vahvaa suojelua! ✊#PlatformWork
📝 Allekirjoita @ituc.bsky.social'n vetoomus ja näytä, että kannatat työntekijöiden vahvaa suojelua! ✊#PlatformWork
GDPoweR conference on #PlatformWork, collective bargaining and algorithmic management! 👉 lnkd.in/dFPMvjf2
🏦 12 September 2025, Warsaw, Zielna 37 Conference Centre
Conference agenda 👉 lnkd.in/d53v44NN
🏦 12 September 2025, Warsaw, Zielna 37 Conference Centre
Conference agenda 👉 lnkd.in/d53v44NN
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
GDPoweR conference on #PlatformWork, collective bargaining and algorithmic management! 👉 lnkd.in/dFPMvjf2
🏦 12 September 2025, Warsaw, Zielna 37 Conference Centre
Conference agenda 👉 lnkd.in/d53v44NN
🏦 12 September 2025, Warsaw, Zielna 37 Conference Centre
Conference agenda 👉 lnkd.in/d53v44NN
Doesn't happen often that your work becomes #BreakingNews for the @nytimes.
What a great job colleagues at @EU_Social have done!
#platformwork
x.com/nytimes/status…
What a great job colleagues at @EU_Social have done!
#platformwork
x.com/nytimes/status…
January 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Doesn't happen often that your work becomes #BreakingNews for the @nytimes.
What a great job colleagues at @EU_Social have done!
#platformwork
x.com/nytimes/status…
What a great job colleagues at @EU_Social have done!
#platformwork
x.com/nytimes/status…
Our #FutureOfWork conference with KU Leuven is in full swing!
150 researchers, policymakers and activists have gathered to discuss the latest research on work in the #DigitalEconomy, with panels on everything from #PlatformWork to #AI, #automation and #AlgorithmicManagement 🤖
150 researchers, policymakers and activists have gathered to discuss the latest research on work in the #DigitalEconomy, with panels on everything from #PlatformWork to #AI, #automation and #AlgorithmicManagement 🤖
February 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our #FutureOfWork conference with KU Leuven is in full swing!
150 researchers, policymakers and activists have gathered to discuss the latest research on work in the #DigitalEconomy, with panels on everything from #PlatformWork to #AI, #automation and #AlgorithmicManagement 🤖
150 researchers, policymakers and activists have gathered to discuss the latest research on work in the #DigitalEconomy, with panels on everything from #PlatformWork to #AI, #automation and #AlgorithmicManagement 🤖
📢 Call for Papers! The 2nd INDL-MEA Conference is coming November 25–26, 2025 — fully online! Join the International Network on Digital Labor to explore #PlatformWork, #AI & #GigEconomy in the Middle East & Africa. Abstracts due August 31, 2025. 🌍
👉 www.indl.network/indl_mea_2/
👉 www.indl.network/indl_mea_2/
INDL_MEA_2 - International Network on Digital Labor
International Network on Digital Labor is launching a dedicated chapter for the region. This conference provides a unique platform to present research related to the MEA region, both ongoing and/or bu...
www.indl.network
May 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📢 Call for Papers! The 2nd INDL-MEA Conference is coming November 25–26, 2025 — fully online! Join the International Network on Digital Labor to explore #PlatformWork, #AI & #GigEconomy in the Middle East & Africa. Abstracts due August 31, 2025. 🌍
👉 www.indl.network/indl_mea_2/
👉 www.indl.network/indl_mea_2/