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Making the Gig Economy Work for Workers
The gig economy has upended the traditional employer-employee relationship and informalized work globally. Now workers around the world are pushing back.
Innovations in technology that serve the world (more)
The gig economy has upended the traditional employer-employee relationship and informalized work globally. Now workers around the world are pushing back.
Technology is driving advancements in the workplace, but it’s imperative for companies to invest in workers to make progress on social and business goals.
Suggested books and articles from SSIR’s editors.
Technology enables companies to monitor their employees constantly. But workers are organizing to fight back.
Data is power, and rideshare drivers are at a disadvantage when corporations keep them in the dark. Driver’s Seat Cooperative is working to give data and power back to workers.
Native Bound Unbound is digitally documenting the long-overlooked history of enslaved Indigenous people throughout the Americas.
The nonprofit Dar Si Hmad utilizes the ancient technology of fog harvesting to address water scarcity in Morocco.
Many argue that the social sector lacks data due to capacity, technology, and funding constraints. But what if there’s something more systemic going on?
Ahead of SSIR’s 2023 Data on Purpose conference, Making Tech Work for Workers, here’s a collection of articles and books exploring the risks of tech innovation and what is needed to build a better, more worker-centered digital economy.
An excerpt from The Toolbox on how community organizing is evolving in the 21st century