We've learned that platforms have lots of data about workers, and use it to squeeze out more and more work. But what if all that data was put to use on behalf of workers instead? In Turning the Tables we continue to explore what happens when you make advocates, and workers themselves, part of the design of platforms. We learn more about how for isolated and historically vulnerable workers, big data can actually open up new possibilities for rights and social protections.

Guests: Palak Shah, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Fairuz Mullagee, University of Western Cape Social Law Project; Abigail Hunt, Overseas Development Institute

Resources:

National Domestic Workers Alliance

Alia Benefits

Platform Cooperativism Consortium

Abigail's paper (with Emma Samman) Gender and the Gig Economy

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