https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Worker-Power-in-the-Platform-Economy https://internationalviewpoint.org/Worker-Power-in-the-Platform-Economy 2018-10-04T09:00:43Z text/html en Luke Beesley Germany Trade unions/workplace organizing <p>The response of unions in Germany to the growth of the platform economy can teach us important lessons about the challenges of ‘platform labour' as an emerging category in the labour market, and in particular to the limitations of pan-national responses. Problems for national and international regulators include a lack of clarity on where work is commissioned or carried out, which regulatory frameworks are relevant, and where the burden of taxation or insurance lies. As a result, the formulation of either a supra-national labour market policy or the application of already-existing regulation becomes incredibly complex and onerous. In response to this, there has been a sea-change in the European Commission's emphasis on who should be policing and monitoring the extent of platform labour in member countries, with an expanded role created for ‘social partners' (including employers' organisations, NGOs, and trade unions) since 2014.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV525-October-2018-" rel="directory">IV525 - October 2018</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Germany-+" rel="tag">Germany</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Trade-unions-workplace-organizing-+" rel="tag">Trade unions/workplace organizing</a>