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Solidarity Center

Solidarity Center

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 Promoting Worker Rights Worldwide© 2021 Solidarity Center Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
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  • Driving Toward a Fair Future @ Work

    Driving Toward a Fair Future @ Work
    Nov 7 2023
    Delivery drivers and other app-based workers often struggle to improve their difficult, and even dangerous, working conditions. In the final episode of My Boss Is a Robot, two veteran union organizers offer insights and strategies that gig workers can use to win their rights on the job–from the nuts and bolts of nurturing leaders and tapping into social media to connect with each other, to taking their campaign to the public and media. Says one organizer: “It’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever seen when people take their power back, and collectively.” Episode summary
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    25 mins
  • Tips to Help Delivery Drivers Form Unions

    Tips to Help Delivery Drivers Form Unions
    Oct 24 2023
    When a worker dies on the job, shouldn’t their families receive some compensation from the company? App-based delivery drivers and other gig workers don’t. Despite unfair working conditions, many gig workers need to be convinced to join together to get the basic benefits granted to employees in traditional jobs. On this episode of My Boss Is a Robot, union organizers in the Philippines talk about how they reach workers who believe that they should not–or cannot–stand up for their rights on the job. Find Out More Episode summary Grab Riders in Metro Manila Strike Against Unjust Fare Decrease Illegally […]
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    20 mins
  • Tech Discrimination: The New Way We Work?

    Tech Discrimination: The New Way We Work?
    Oct 10 2023
    Drivers delivering your pizza are being paid by an algorithm–and the longer they work, the less they are paid. On this episode of My Boss Is a Robot, experts discuss whether we are heading toward a potential future where job autonomy and fair compensation become obsolete. Episode summary
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    21 mins
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