Gaming the System: App Workers Rarely Win

Solidarity Center

Sep 26 2023 | 00:16:11

00:00 / 00:16:11

Show Notes

Way back when factories were the new thing, there were no rules to stop the big industrialists from paying starvation wages and putting workers’ lives in danger in fire-prone buildings. Today, those out-of-control bosses have been replaced by apps. If apps miscalculate and send drivers in the wrong direction, or lower wages for drivers stuck in traffic, it’s the driver who loses wages, or is even booted from the platform. The latest episode of My Boss Is a Robot shows that for app-based companies, these are not bugs–they are built into an algorithmic system designed to move money from workers […]

Other Episodes

Episode 2

March 17, 2021 • 00:44:48

Defending Democracy: Workers on the Front Lines

Host Shawna Bader-Blau, Solidarity Center executive director, talks with worker rights advocates in Belarus and Brazil who share inspiring stories of workers defending democracy.

Episode 18

April 21, 2022 • 00:13:27

Mate um rio, mate nosso sustento: a luta de uma comunidade brasileira por sobrevivência

Comunidades que vivem na Amazônia estão enfrentando o Governo Brasileiro que, sem consultar os mais afetados pela situação, está prestes a implementar um projeto...

Episode 0

February 07, 2023 • 00:02:37

Tunisian Call Center Workers Win Big Wage Boost

Tunisian workers at the call center giant Teleperformance Foundation won big pay and benefit gains in a new contract negotiated by the Informational Technology...