The move spurred outrage among workers and customers alike, amplifying how gig economy jobs are increasingly precarious and begging a question that Vice writer Ryan Hayes says is no longer “just a thought experiment”: What if workers came together to build their own platforms?
Examples like Up & Go, a home cleaning app in New York City owned by its workers—primarily immigrant women from Latin America—are providing real alternatives to gig economy exploitation.
In a new piece for Vice’s technology blog, Hayes explores the burgeoning platform cooperative movement. Read the full article: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa75a8/worker-owned-apps-are-trying-to-fix-the-gig-economys-exploitation