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Gig platform workers need better health and well-being protections

Future of Work Atieh Razavi Yekta -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com The rise of technology in the workplace, labour market deregulation and the decline in union representation...

A Small Town’s Comeback: How The Industrial Commons Leveraged Local Assets for Rural Economic Development

Future of Work Charity May -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org This article is an adapted excerpt from an inspiring new book, “Assets In Common.” The Renaissance of...

Health and safety issues must be paid for by employers, not the public

Future of Work Geraint Harvey and James Wallace -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Workplace health should be a priority for everyone. For employees, maintaining health and well-being at work...

It is industry, not government, that is getting in the way of a ‘just transition’ for oil and gas workers

Future of Work Emily Eaton, Andrew Stevens and Sean Tucker -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com What comes to mind when you read the slogan “I love Canadian Oil and Gas”? Energy...

Passing Sustainable Jobs Act moves Canada closer to clean economy

Future of Work Megan Gordon -
Click here to view original web page at www.pembina.org The passage of the Sustainable Jobs Act through the House of Commons is good news for...

New legislation could accelerate the development of Worker Cooperatives across the US

Future of Work Curated by SocialCommons.ca -
Click here to view original web page at www.shareable.net From small towns to large cities throughout the country, a significant shift towards workplace democracy and...

Beyond just transition—ecology at work

Future of Work Philippe Askenazy and Claude Didry -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu The economic transformation required by ecological crises implies ...

‘Gig’ workers in Europe: the new platform of rights

Future of Work Antonio Aloisi and Valerio De Stefano -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu A presumption of employment and rights on algorithmic management are at the heart of the revived...

Time to put the capita back in GDP per capita

Future of Work Armine Yalnizyan -
The wonky metric is key to your quality of life, Armine Yalnizyan writes. Click here to view original web page at www.thestar.com You may think that...

Insecure Europe—the need for a job guarantee

Future of Work Dennis Tamesberger, Simon Theurl and Daniel Witzani-Haim -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu A job guarantee would not only eliminate long-term unemployment ...

Empowering communities and fossil fuel workers to go green

Future of Work Cloe Logan -
Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com Last summer, Rogan Young Pine travelled through the Northwest Territories installing solar panels on off-grid cabins....

4 reasons Canada needs part-time work for all

Future of Work Tom Malleson -
Click here to view original web page at breachmedia.ca Universal part-time work would alleviate gender inequality, give parents ...

The Sustainable Jobs Blueprint positions workers to lead in clean energy economy

Future of Work Megan Gordon -
Click here to view original web page at www.pembina.org The Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act (Bill C-50) is a critical piece of climate legislation that will...

Time for a job guarantee in Europe?

Future of Work Rania Antonopoulos -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu A job guarantee could end long spells of joblessness for millions in the EU ...

Canadian Protections for Gig Workers Are Falling Flat

Future of Work Gerard Di Trolio -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com The government of British Columbia has announced its intention to introduce legislation to protect gig workers...

Big Tech lobbying is derailing the AI Act

Future of Work Bram Vranken -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu Behind closed doors, the companies have fiercely lobbied the European Union...

Long hours at low wages: the human labour powering AI’s development

Future of Work Ben Lee Taylor -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com The Finnish tech firm Metroc recently began using prison labour to train a large language model...

AI: The information economy becomes ever more energy and resource intensive

Future of Work Kurt Cobb -
Click here to view original web page at www.resilience.org Back in 2009 I wrote a piece entitled “The unbearable lightness of information.” Since then the...

‘Women’s economics’ goes mainstream

Future of Work Antara Haldar -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu Claudia Goldin’s Nobel prize puts women’s labour-force participation...

The impact of work on well-being: 6 factors that will affect the future of work and...

Future of Work Peter Smith, Arjumand Siddiqi, Cameron Mustard, Reiner Rugulies and John William Frank -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Work has long been considered a social determinant of health. Like housing, education, income security and...

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program is ballooning — creating a new class of wage slaves from abroad

Future of Work Armine Yalnizyan -
Click here to view original web page at www.thestar.com Intake through the program has grown by 45% and tying permits to a single employer increases...

Digital “Platforms” Are Just a New Way for Corporations to Exploit Workers

Future of Work Vitor Filgueiras and Veena Dubal -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com Must we continue to be obliged to think of scorched and scalded human beings whenever we...

We’re in an AI hype cycle—can Canada make it a responsible one?

Future of Work Bianca Wylie -
Click here to view original web page at monitormag.ca It’s been difficult, if not downright frustrating, to wade through the confusion that the term artificial...

The Global Rights Index and building a better world

Future of Work Luc Triangle -
Click here to view original web page at www.socialeurope.eu Attacks on workers’ rights are on the rise—in no region of the world ...
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