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{{YouTubeThumb|<youtube>0wX_NLZyqCo</youtube>|time=|"Why Is Everything Turning Into Uber?" by [[Second Thought]]}} | {{YouTubeThumb|<youtube>0wX_NLZyqCo</youtube>|time=|"Why Is Everything Turning Into Uber?" by [[Second Thought]]}} | ||
[[File:Uber vehicle.jpg|thumb|A vehicle with the logo of Uber, one of the largest corporations specialized in offering "gig work". ]] | [[File:Uber vehicle.jpg|thumb|A vehicle with the logo of Uber, one of the largest corporations specialized in offering "gig work". ]] | ||
'''''Gig Economy''''' is a euphemism intended to legitimize a system of pseudo-employment whereby [[Proletariat|proletarians]] are informally contracted to perform tasks on a piecemeal basis, usually via a proprietary app controlled by the contracting company. Gig work has grown to take up an ever larger proportion of the overall employment landscape, with many fields previously worked by full employees with rights and protections now being '[[Uber|Uberized]]'. The Gig Economy is part of a broader worrying trend in employment, alongside zero-hour contracts and the increasing use of temporary workers to do work that previously would be hired as a full employee with benefits and protections. | '''''Gig Economy''''' is a euphemism intended to legitimize a system of pseudo-employment whereby [[Proletariat|proletarians]] are informally contracted to perform tasks on a piecemeal basis, usually via a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] app controlled by the contracting company. Gig work has grown to take up an ever larger proportion of the overall employment landscape, with many fields previously worked by full employees with rights and protections now being '[[Uber|Uberized]]'.<ref>Vallas, Steven and Schor, Juliet B. 2020. [https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-soc-121919-054857 ''What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy'']. pp. 273-294. ''Annual Reviews.''</ref> The Gig Economy is part of a broader worrying trend in employment, alongside zero-hour contracts and the increasing use of temporary workers to do work that previously would be hired as a full employee with benefits and protections. | ||
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* [[Reserve army of labour|Reserve army of labor]] | * [[Reserve army of labour|Reserve army of labor]] | ||
* [[Wage slavery]] | * [[Wage slavery]] | ||
* [[Precariat]] | |||
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[[Category:Capitalism]] | [[Category:Capitalism]] | ||
[[Category:Neoliberalism]] | [[Category:Neoliberalism]] | ||
[[Category:Economics]] | [[Category:Economics]] | ||
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Revision as of 18:27, 23 March 2024
"Why Is Everything Turning Into Uber?" by Second Thought |
Gig Economy is a euphemism intended to legitimize a system of pseudo-employment whereby proletarians are informally contracted to perform tasks on a piecemeal basis, usually via a proprietary app controlled by the contracting company. Gig work has grown to take up an ever larger proportion of the overall employment landscape, with many fields previously worked by full employees with rights and protections now being 'Uberized'.[1] The Gig Economy is part of a broader worrying trend in employment, alongside zero-hour contracts and the increasing use of temporary workers to do work that previously would be hired as a full employee with benefits and protections.
See also
References
- ↑ Vallas, Steven and Schor, Juliet B. 2020. What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy. pp. 273-294. Annual Reviews.