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Corporations like Uber and Deliveroo rely on a large global workforce but a legal vacuum in the EU has absolved these companies of responsibility for them (Photo: Deliveroo)

Pandemic is time to recognise gig workers' rights

The sustained erosion of workers' rights over decades of free-market deregulation has reached new lows with the advent of the so-called gig economy. The coronavirus crisis has made this struggle impossible to ignore.

The online platforms that emerged in the late 2000s promised workers more autonomy and control over their lives while offering greater convenience and choice to consumers.

But, in reality, insecurity and precariousness have thrived instead.

While the gig econo...

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Leïla Chaibi (France Insoumise) is an MEP with the GUE/NGL group.

Corporations like Uber and Deliveroo rely on a large global workforce but a legal vacuum in the EU has absolved these companies of responsibility for them (Photo: Deliveroo)

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Leïla Chaibi (France Insoumise) is an MEP with the GUE/NGL group.

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