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Missing voice? : worker voice and social dialogue in the platform economy / edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon, Paula K. Mowbray, Sarah Brooks.

This timely book addresses the key debates and challenges surrounding the future of work, covering the macro, meso and micro levels of gig work. It provides a consideration of the ways in which technology is shaping the lives of those working in the gig and digital platform economy within the 21st c...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Wilkinson, Adrian, 1963- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, Glos ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]
Series:Future of Work and Employment Series.
Subjects:
Gig economy.
Precarious employment.
Independent contractors.
Temporary employment.
Labor supply > Effect of automation on.
Labor supply > Effect of technological innovations on.
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Editors
  • Contributors
  • PART I Introduction
  • 1. Missing voices? Integrating worker voice and social dialogue in the platform economy
  • PART II Macro considerations
  • 2. The legal framework of worker voice in the platform economy
  • 3. Giving platform workers a say: regulating for voice in the gig economy
  • 4. How do workers gain voice on digital work platforms? Hotspots and blind spots in research on platform worker voice
  • PART III Meso forces.
  • 5. How anger sparks voice: exploring individual and collective voice in the remote gig economy
  • 6. Work, spatial changes and 'arm's-length bargaining' in the platform economy
  • 7. Voice in platform-enabled gig work
  • PART IV Micro experiences
  • 8. Is anybody there? An examination of the voice experiences of Uber ride-share drivers
  • PART V Integrating worker voice in the gig economy
  • 9. When voices from below are heard: the case of a Swiss online food-delivery platform
  • Index.

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