Ben Cohen: I'm absolutely shocked that the gig companies would try to mislead people as to, you know, the implications of their business models and regulation on them. "I just can't believe they would do that," he adds. He says there's no sort of a festival pipeline on how long this is going to take; we don't really know the world on the street. The legislation that's going to end up with is going to be a bit of a mesh mash, but it's probably going to be some sort of a step forward, which you can't remember.
Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss the fight to win a pro-worker Platform Work Directive in the European Union, Uber’s rollout of dynamic pricing, and how Barcelona taxi workers have fought back against ride-hailing.
Ben Wray is the coordinator of The Gig Economy Project and the co-author of Scotland after Britain: The two souls of Scottish independence. You can follow Ben on Twitter at @Ben_Wray1989.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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