%0 Report %1 vandaele2019algorithm %A Vandaele, Kurt %A Piasna, Agnieszka %A Drahokoupil, Jan %C Brussels %D 2019 %K Belgien Deliveroo algorithmic_management food_couriers platform_work %N 2019.06 %T Algorithm breakers’ are not a different ‘species’: attitudes towards trade unions of Deliveroo riders in Belgium %U https://www.etui.org/Publications2/Working-Papers/Algorithm-breakers-are-not-a-different-species-attitudes-towards-trade-unions-of-Deliveroo-riders-in-Belgium %X This working paper investigates a rare case of platform work performed in the realm of regulated employment and explores the attitudes of platform workers towards collective representation. Using a case study of Deliveroo, a food delivery platform, the paper argues that platform workers are not essentially different to their peers in their attitudes towards trade unions. The paper finds that the riders do not generally hold negative views towards unions, and do not consider unions incompatible with platform work. Instead, there has been a lack of union activity in reaching out to riders as a reason for their non-membership.

@techreport{vandaele2019algorithm, abstract = {This working paper investigates a rare case of platform work performed in the realm of regulated employment and explores the attitudes of platform workers towards collective representation. Using a case study of Deliveroo, a food delivery platform, the paper argues that platform workers are not essentially different to their peers in their attitudes towards trade unions. The paper finds that the riders do not generally hold negative views towards unions, and do not consider unions incompatible with platform work. Instead, there has been a lack of union activity in reaching out to riders as a reason for their non-membership.}, added-at = {2019-06-28T15:36:49.000+0200}, address = {Brussels}, author = {Vandaele, Kurt and Piasna, Agnieszka and Drahokoupil, Jan}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/260f4a58bfa31691f2026674bc3ae352a/meneteqel}, institution = {{European Trade Union Institute}}, interhash = {a038b1acb1beee9726a46fbedfe885ec}, intrahash = {60f4a58bfa31691f2026674bc3ae352a}, keywords = {Belgien Deliveroo algorithmic_management food_couriers platform_work}, language = {eng}, number = {2019.06}, timestamp = {2019-06-28T15:36:49.000+0200}, title = {Algorithm breakers’ are not a different ‘species’: attitudes towards trade unions of Deliveroo riders in Belgium}, type = {ETUI Working Paper}, url = {https://www.etui.org/Publications2/Working-Papers/Algorithm-breakers-are-not-a-different-species-attitudes-towards-trade-unions-of-Deliveroo-riders-in-Belgium}, urldate = {27.06.2019}, year = 2019 }