%0 Conference Paper %1 graham2019fairwork %A Graham, Mark %A Woodcock, Jamie %A Heeks, Richard %A Fredman, Sandra %A Du Toit, Darcy %A Van Belle, Jean-Paul %A Mungai, Paul %A Osiki, Abigail %B Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019 "Challenges of Digital Inequality - Digital Education, Digital Work, Digital Life" %C Berlin %D 2019 %I WI - Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society %J Weizenbaum Conference %K Fairwork_Foundation decent_work digital_labour platform_economy platform_work %R 10.34669/wi.cp/2.13 %T The Fairwork Foundation: Strategies for Improving Platform Work %U https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/62590 %X This paper introduces the Fairwork Foundation, a research initiative that is also developing an intervention around the quality of work on digital labour platforms. Lacking the ability to collectively bargain, many of these workers have little ability to negotiate wages or working conditions with their employers who are often on the other side of the world. As a result of this new global market for work, many workers have jobs characterized by long and irregular hours, low income, and high stress. Across India and South Africa, there are challenges for workers across a range of issues, including: pay, conditions, contracts, management, and representation. The results of the fieldwork are being used to rank and compare platforms as part of the ongoing ‘work in progress’ of the Fairwork project, a research initiative that is developing an intervention to improve the quality of work on digital platforms.

@inproceedings{graham2019fairwork, abstract = {This paper introduces the Fairwork Foundation, a research initiative that is also developing an intervention around the quality of work on digital labour platforms. Lacking the ability to collectively bargain, many of these workers have little ability to negotiate wages or working conditions with their employers who are often on the other side of the world. As a result of this new global market for work, many workers have jobs characterized by long and irregular hours, low income, and high stress. Across India and South Africa, there are challenges for workers across a range of issues, including: pay, conditions, contracts, management, and representation. The results of the fieldwork are being used to rank and compare platforms as part of the ongoing ‘work in progress’ of the Fairwork project, a research initiative that is developing an intervention to improve the quality of work on digital platforms.}, added-at = {2019-07-16T16:08:12.000+0200}, address = {Berlin}, author = {Graham, Mark and Woodcock, Jamie and Heeks, Richard and Fredman, Sandra and Du Toit, Darcy and Van Belle, Jean-Paul and Mungai, Paul and Osiki, Abigail}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/278a06117d3096aebceb0be810d3b1168/meneteqel}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019 "Challenges of Digital Inequality - Digital Education, Digital Work, Digital Life"}, doi = {10.34669/wi.cp/2.13}, eventdate = {2019}, eventtitle = {2. Weizenbaum Conference}, interhash = {e461ac7f5fd4fac1f1b400d5af40fdac}, intrahash = {78a06117d3096aebceb0be810d3b1168}, journal = {Weizenbaum Conference}, keywords = {Fairwork_Foundation decent_work digital_labour platform_economy platform_work}, language = {eng}, organization = {WI - Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society}, publisher = {WI - Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society}, timestamp = {2019-07-16T16:08:12.000+0200}, title = {The Fairwork Foundation: Strategies for Improving Platform Work}, url = {https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/62590}, venue = {Berlin}, year = 2019 }