New Technology, Work and Employment in the era of COVID‐19: reflecting on legacies of research

A Hodder - New technology, work and employment, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of COVID‐19 is having a drastic impact on work and employment. This review
piece outlines the relevance of existing research into new technology, work and employment …

Workers of the Internet unite? Online freelancer organisation among remote gig economy workers in six Asian and African countries

AJ Wood, V Lehdonvirta… - New Technology, Work …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents findings regarding collective organisation among online freelancers in
middle‐income countries. Drawing on research in Southeast Asia and Sub‐Saharan Africa …

Entrepreneurial solidarities: Social media collectives and Filipino digital platform workers

CRR Soriano, JVA Cabañes - Social Media+ Society, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The article examines the role of social media groups for online freelance workers in the
Philippines—digital workers obtaining “gigs” from online labor platforms such as Upwork …

Digital unionism as a renewal strategy? Social media use by trade union confederations

B Carneiro, HA Costa - Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Traditional actors such as trade unions are inevitably challenged by digital technologies, not
only from the perspective of labor relations, but also in relation to outreach and …

Introduction to the Special Issue‐The internet, social media and trade union revitalization: Still behind the digital curve or catching up?

T Geelan - New Technology, Work and Employment, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This article introduces the special issue of New Technology, Work and Employment titled
“The Internet, Social Media and Trade Union Revitalization: Still Behind the Digital Curve or …

Democracy in trade unions, democracy through trade unions?

R Gumbrell-McCormick… - Economic and Industrial …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the Webbs published Industrial Democracy at the end of the nineteenth century, the
principle that workers have a legitimate voice in decision-making in the world of work–in …

Divided we fall: The breakdown of gig worker solidarity in online communities

PK Schou, E Bucher - New Technology, Work and Employment, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The 'gig economy'presents a contested new work arrangement where freelancers find work
on digital platforms. Subsequently, previous research has investigated how gig workers …

Building coalitions on Facebook:'social media unionism'among Danish bike couriers

MF Hau, OG Savage - New Technology, Work and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Platform work represents an important challenge for the 'Danish model'of unionisation.
Using interviews and ethnographic data, this article analyses the strategies of the Danish …

Advancing workers' rights in the gig economy through discursive power: The communicative strategies of indie unions

D Però, J Downey - Work, Employment and Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Finding limited representation in established unions, a growing number of precarious and
migrant workers of the gig economy have been turning to self-organization. Yet little is …

How can unions use Artificial Intelligence to build power? The use of AI chatbots for labour organising in the US and Australia

F Flanagan, M Walker - New Technology, Work and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial intelligence increasingly forms an essential context for the distribution of power
within workplaces. Using the case study of an AI‐enabled chatbot initially created by IBM …