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Driver X's story: spending months searching for the truth about his suspension and being lost in the opacity of the decision-making process

Please note the views expressed in the video are the interviewee's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of PI.

Driver X (he wishes to remain anonymous) has been working for Uber for five years. After working for Uber for two and half years, he suddenly received a message telling him

Report and Analysis

Long Read

Managed by Bots: surveillance of gig economy workers

PI, Worker Info Exchange, and App Drivers and Couriers Union have teamed up to challenge the unprecedented surveillance that gig economy workers are facing from their employers.

Case Study

Case Study: The Gig Economy and Exploitation

Gig economy jobs that depend on mobile applications allow workers’ movements to be monitored, evaluated, and exploited by their employers.

The so-called “gig economy” has brought to light employers’ increasing ability and willingness to monitor employee performance, efficiency, and overall on-the

Examples of Abuse

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US lawsuits challenge workplace monitoring technologies

New workplace technologies are generating mountains of data on workers despite a lack of clarity over how the data is used and who owns it. In offices, smart badges track interactions and sensors track fitness and health; in trucks sensors monitor drivers' performance in the name of safety. In the

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