Our second pamphlet ‘Towards a Fairer Gig Economy’ is now out on Meatspace Press. We are pleased to offer it for free download (pdf, epub, azw3, mobi), as a low-cost paperback, or for self-printing.
“Unions cannot collectively bargain with an algorithm, they can’t appeal to a platform, and they can’t negotiate with an equation.”
Dawn Gearhart from Teamsters Local 117
‘Towards a Fairer Gig Economy’ is a small collection of articles examining the social and economic problems associated with the ‘gig economy’. The gig economy includes a wide range of labour carried out by workers providing services as couriers, taxi drivers, online freelancers and more. Issues examined include an over-supply of labour, falling wages, long hours and poor working conditions. Each article makes suggestions for how these problems can be addressed and how a fairer gig economy can be built: including through regulation, collective bargaining and wider policy recommendations. The collection’s contributors include cycle couriers, union organisers, academics and researchers.
The collection is edited by Mark Graham and Joe Shaw, and its contributing authors are: Janine Berg, Christina Colclough, Mags Dewhurst, Dawn Gearhart, Philip Jennings, Guy McClenahan, Trebor Scholz, M. Six Silberman, Nick Srnicek and Valerio De Stefano.
Illustrations by: Irene Beltrame
Free Download:
.pdf (for most things): free download from Internet Archive (2.9mb) or view in browser at Issuu.
.epub (for most e-readers except Kindle): free download at SmashWords.
.azw3 (for newer Kindles): free download from Internet Archive.
.mobi (for older Kindles): free download from Internet Archive.
Please note: the pamphlet is intended to be A5 size (148 x 210 mm / 5.8 x 8.3 inches).
Paperback:
We have a limited print run of paperback copies available via Big Cartel for £3 each + P&P.
Please note: all sales go to cover cost of print and web maintenance. Any surplus will go into future Meatspace Press projects.
Self-print:
If you would like to download and print your own hard copies of this pamphlet (designed for standard size A5) then you may print directly from the pdf above. Alternatively, for those with a guillotine and a larger printer, you can download our self-print SRA3 version with bleed marks.
Please respect the terms of the license as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2017.
Details:
Title: Towards a Fairer Gig Economy
Edited by: Mark Graham & Joe Shaw
Contributing authors (alphabetically): Janine Berg, Christina Colclough, Mags Dewhurst, Dawn Gearhart, Mark Graham, Philip Jennings, Guy McClenahan, Trebor Scholz, Joe Shaw, M. Six Silberman, Nick Srnicek and Valerio De Stefano.
Design: Irene Beltrame
Format: Paperback, .epub, .pdf and .mobi
Length: 35 pages
Language: English
Publisher: Meatspace Press (2017)
ISBN (paperback): 978-0-9955776-5-7
ISBN (e-book, pdf): 978-0-9955776-6-4
License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA