#gigwork is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 9 people shared 19 posts with it — around 1 a day. Activity is up 100% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 23 with 3 posts.
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Gig workers get an über-lift
Massachusetts has become the first state to approve collective bargaining for drivers for ride-hailing services, while maintaining flexibility and contractor independence. This might be a model for ot...
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The Hidden Jobs Crisis: Why Official Unemployment Data Is Masking Economic Collapse
Is the American Dream a Mathematical Lie? 📉 Ever feel like the official job market numbers are reading from a fantasy novel while your bank account is living in a horror movie? You aren't crazy—you're just the collateral damage of a rigged system. In this episode, we peel back the curtain on why the unemployment rate is a deceptive metric and how the real labor crisis is being hidden in plain sight. We are diving deep into the shadow economy, where the struggle is real and the data is curated to keep you quiet. From the rise of AI-driven hiring bias to the silent trap of underemployment, we expose the mechanics of a workforce nearing its breaking point. Why you need to listen to this episode: - The Unemployment Myth: Discover why millions of workers simply vanishing from labor force participation rates makes the government stats look better than they actually are. - The Gig Economy Trap: Why Millennials and Gen Z are trading long-term stability for high-frequency gig work and predatory credit card debt just to keep the lights on. - The Jenga Tower Economy: How a toxic mix of stagnant wages, corporate automation, and declining consumer purchasing power is building an inevitable economic collapse. - Dehumanized Hiring: The truth behind how algorithms are filtering out real humans and destroying faith in the traditional career path. This isn't just another financial podcast; it’s a wake-up call for anyone feeling the squeeze of a system that wasn’t built for you to win. We aren't just complaining; we are diagnosing the looming economic crisis that mainstream media refuses to address. 🛑 Are you ready to see the reality behind the facade? 🎧 Listen to the full episode now and arm yourself with the truth. Don't forget to subscribe and share this episode with one person who needs to wake up to what is really happening in our economy today. Let’s start the conversation that matters.
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Ride-hailing Platform Asymmetries between Riders and Driver-partners in Lagos, Nigeria.
Platform companies, with the help of data, have the potential to formalise the processes of transport systems in global South cities, especially in African cities which are characterised with infor…
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Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on September 30, ending the crowdsourced-labor marketplace that helped train the machine-learning era
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on Sept. 30 -- ending the 21-year-old marketplace that helped train the machine-learning era, with no severance for the workers who built it.
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Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on September 30, ending the crowdsourced-labor marketplace that helped train the machine-learning era
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on Sept. 30 -- ending the 21-year-old marketplace that helped train the machine-learning era, with no severance for the workers who built it.
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