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   (gobsmacked) (nwchapman@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 07:00:32 JST (gobsmacked)

   • Cory Doctorow

   "by seizing the means of computation, workers and organized labor can turn the tables on bossware – both by directly altering the conditions of their employment, and by producing the evidence and tools that regulators can use to force employers to make those alterations permanent" - @pluralistic
   https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/23/hack-the-class-war/

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     Simon Ives (simonives@aus.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 13:41:51 JST Simon Ives

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @nwchapman @pluralistic great sentence - “After all, the whole reason for the gig economy is to slash wage-bills, by transforming workers into contractors, and by eliminating managers in favor of algorithms”.

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 09:45:20 JST Cory Doctorow

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     • Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️
     • Simon Ives

     @mlanger @simonives @nwchapman

     There's no contradiction here.

     Even people who like freelancing don't like being spied on, having their wages stolen, or being discriminated against by an algorithm. That's what Reversing Works has busted.

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 09:45:29 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

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     • Cory Doctorow
     • Simon Ives

     @simonives @nwchapman @pluralistic What this is ignoring, however, is the fact that some people LIKE working in the gig economy because of the freedom it gives them over their own time and work choices. Some people actually THRIVE in that economy.

     And let's remember that the gig economy is more than Uber and Door Dash.

     I've been a member of the gig economy since 1990 and remain one to this day. I can't imagine having a real 9-5 job ever again.

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     kay@foodnpolitics (foodnpolitics@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 13:31:20 JST kay@foodnpolitics

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @pluralistic @nwchapman Fascinating read.

     “As Reversing Works points out, this bottom-up approach – where apps are subjected to technical analysis – has real potential for labor organizations seeking to protect workers. Their report established multiple grounds on which a union could seek to hold an abusive employer to account.”

     #LaborUnions