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🇲🇬🇺🇸NCBA CLUSA and USAID support #Madagascar and its Govt, sharing #cooperative expertise via the #CESI Cooperatives Ecosystem and Social Inclusion project until 2028. The primary goal is to enhance local skills to foster #innovation. Platform Cooperativism Consortium - Global Trebor Scholz lexpress.mg/2024/01/entrep…

The Gig Economy Project weekly newsletter is out! A new analysis shows Uber's new-found profitability was achieved by ramping up the exploitation of drivers through algorithmically-determined, personalised pay rates. Get GEP's newsletter in your inbox: braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr…

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Publication alert 🚨 My paper on Platform Cooperativism, workplace democracy, and freedom as non-domination is out in European Journal of Political Theory is out 🥳 It defends worker-owned cooperative platforms as an alternative to exploitative practices in the gig economy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

The article discusses the intersection of platform cooperatives with trade unionism, advocating for collective bargaining of algorithmic management. equaltimes.org/lessons-from-l…

🌐Calling all Platform Cooperatives around the globe! 🤝 I'm conducting an international survey on the evolution, identities, and challenges of platform coops. Your insights matter! 🌍💬 Please share and RT, 🔗Survey link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1V-gXn… Platform Co-op #PlatformCoops 🌐✨

My book review of “Own this! How Platform Cooperatives Build a Democratic Internet” by Trebor Scholz is out in @orgjournal (Verso Books). If you’re interested in emancipatory projects for worker democracy, definitely read this book! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Driver-owned platform enters Minnesota after platforms threaten to leave following adoption of min wage law. "Drivers Cooperative plans to partner with the Minnesota Uber/Lyft Drivers Association to launch a platform before the start of May." #gigeconomy cbsnews.com/minnesota/news…

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Uber’s claim to profitability was of short duration. Back at making losses a mere 6 months after its first net profits since its launch in 2009.

Our comrades at mirlo.space are starting a platform cooperative that mixes elements of Bandcamp & Patreon with worker (& eventually, community) control to empower musicians. Their Kickstarter is up & they need *your* help! ⏬DONATE BELOW!⏬ kickstarter.com/projects/mirlo…

Establishing worker-owned firms is no substitute for building a strong labor movement and a socialist presence within the state. But worker co-ops can play a key part in a broader socialist strategy, by making tangible the material benefits of cooperation. jacobin.com/2024/05/cooper…

Great to see some love for worker co-ops on Jacobin . And for those wondering about the iron law of oligarchy destroying workplace democracy, I wrote a short piece on this challenge just last week. criticallegalthinking.com/2024/05/09/rob…

Help Us Build Ghana’s First Worker-Owned Delivery Platform platform.coop/blog/couriers-…

🌍Can #coops address #AI labour inequities in East Africa?Trebor Scholz writes from the global Platform Co-op conference in Mombasa, Kenya 🇰🇪 #platformcoops #tech #futureofwork International Labour Organization International Cooperative Alliance 👇 thenews.coop/can-co-ops-add…

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🌎🌍🌏How #coops can address global labour challenges - with the right legal framework. Analysis by Trebor Scholz , Anne-Pauline De Cler, Michelle Lee, Morshed Mannan| মোর্শেদ মান্নান, Stefano Tortorici #futureofwork #neweconomy #workercoops #platformcoops International Labour Organization International Cooperative Alliance 👇 thenews.coop/from-member-ma…

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The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) at The New School is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Fellowship Program. Apply by Feb 28, 2025: platform.coop/blog/open-call…

For everyone interested in centering labor & agency in discussions on pushing back against platform power: Please consider applying - just one week left 🔗 sns.it/it/evento/coun… Our amazing keynote speakers are Veena Dubal, Vasilis Kostakis, Milagros Miceli & Trebor Scholz