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Gender and collective bargaining in the platform economy: Experiences of on-demand beauty workers in India
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Abhishek Sekharan, Chiara Furtado and Ambika Tandon
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published
Jul 03, 2023
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filed under:
Labour Futures,
Researchers at Work
Abhishek Sekharan, Chiara Furtado, and Ambika Tandon contributed an essay on gender and collective bargaining in the platform economy in India, reflecting on the experiences of women beauty workers who organised India’s first women-led movement of platform workers. The essay has been published as part of an online collection of essays from contributors across the world and has been curated by the Digital Future Society Think Tank (Barcelona, Spain).
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Metaphors of Work, from ‘Below’
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by
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Jul 03, 2023
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filed under:
Labour Futures,
RAW Blog,
Research,
RAW Publications,
RAW Research,
Researchers at Work
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon authored a chapter that describes platforms as more than technological interfaces. The chapter invokes some of the metaphors that gig workers use to make sense of platforms. This chapter was part of an edited volume published by Springer. This chapter forms part of the ‘Labour Futures’ research project, hosted at the Centre for Internet and Society, India, and supported by the Internet Society Foundation.
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Atmanirbhar Bharat Meets Digital India: An Evaluation of COVID-19 Relief for Migrants
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by
Ankan Barman
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published
Jun 03, 2021
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filed under:
RAW Publications,
Researchers at Work,
Covid19,
Featured,
Labour Futures,
Aadhaar,
Homepage
With the onset of the national lockdown on 24th March 2020 in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the fate of millions of migrant workers was left uncertain. In addition, lack of enumeration and registration of migrant workers became a major obstacle for all State Governments and the Central Government to channelize relief and welfare measures.
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Blinkit protests: For gig workers, there is no income security – and little legal recourse
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by
Aditi Surie and Ambika Tandon
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Jul 04, 2023 07:30 AM
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Labour Futures,
Researchers at Work
Aditi Surie and Ambika Tandon co-authored an opinion essay on the reasons behind a week-long strike by workers of Blinkit — a popular hyperlocal delivery platform. The protests were in response to changes in Blinkit’s policies that will halve workers’ pay.
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Labour futures: Intersectional responses to southern digital platform economies
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by
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Jan 27, 2021 08:43 AM
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filed under:
Digital Labour,
Labour Futures,
Digital Economy
It is our great pleasure to announce that we are undertaking a two-year research project to comprehensively analyse dominant and emerging sectors in India’s platform economies. The project is funded by a research grant of USD 200,000 from the Internet Society Foundation.
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