The Nordic countries, obviously you've said Sweden is kind of more on the platform side of things. They have a new right wing government that came in last year that is in coalition with the far right party. How do they kind of fall on this question? So they come from a very different perspective because we were in a country like Sweden. The model there, the labor model there, is not based on employment status or anything like that. It's very much based on collective bargaining.
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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