Gigs of their own: reinventing worker cooperativism in the platform economy and its implications for collective action

• Main Author: Bunders, Damion Jonathan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing 2021
• Subjects: JHBL; KCF; LNH; JFMG
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Based on the significant collective action problems that gig workers face, sociologists would generally expect that these workers take a mostly individualistic approach to improving their position. Nonetheless, various forms of collective action by gig workers can be observed in practice. This chapt...