It's still so difficult to understand what is going on here, especially if you're having such incredible kind of fluctuations and movements around pricing. And that's even if you have access to the data, which the vast majority of Uber workers would not have, right? So it's then so much more difficult to gain insight into what is actually happening. I wonder if Uber would have been able to get away with all this out if we didn't have the inflation crisis,. The dynamic shifted, that people feel like they have to drive and have to accept what they're offered by Uber.
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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