LEADER 03262nam 2200457 450 001 9910476950103321 005 20230516145556.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566798 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566798 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566798 100 $a20230516d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe fight against platform capitalism $ean inquiry into the global struggles of the gig economy /$fJamie Woodcock 210 1$aLondon :$cUniversity of Westminster Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (x, 115 pages) 225 1 $aCDSMS (Series) 311 $a1-912656-97-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 Digital Workerism, a Framework -- CHAPTER 3 Transport Platform Workers -- CHAPTER 4 Online Workers -- CHAPTER 5 Understanding Platform Resistance -- CHAPTER 6 Conclusion: Why Struggles Against Platform Capitalism Matter -- Notes -- References -- Index. 330 $aSo far, platform work has been an important laboratory for capital. Management techniques, like the use of algorithms, are being tested with a view to exporting across the global economy and it is argued that automation is undermining workers' agency. Although the contractual trick of self-employment has allowed platforms to grow quickly and keep their costs down, yet it has also been the case also that workers have also found they can strike without following the existing regulations. This book develops a critique of platforms and platform capitalism from the perspective of workers and contributes to the ongoing debates about the future of work and worker organising. It presents an alternative portrait returning to a focus on workers' experience, focusing on solidarity, drawing out a global picture of new forms of agency. In particular, the book focuses on three dynamics that are driving struggles in the platform economy: the increasing connections between workers who are no longer isolated; the lack of communication and negotiation from platforms, leading to escalating worker action around shared issues; and the internationalisation of platforms, which has laid the basis for new transnational solidarity. Focusing on transport and courier workers, online workers and freelancers, author Jamie Woodcock concludes by considering how workers build power in different situations. Rather than undermining worker agency, platforms have instead provided the technical basis for the emergence of new global struggles against capitalism. 410 0$aCDSMS (Series) 517 $aFight Against Platform Capitalism 606 $aElectronic commerce 606 $aCapitalism 606 $aInformation technology$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aElectronic commerce. 615 0$aCapitalism. 615 0$aInformation technology$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a331.25729 700 $aWoodcock$b Jamie$0907133 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476950103321 996 $aThe Fight Against Platform Capitalism$93013273 997 $aUNINA