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Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe
Collective Experiences of Protection and Representation
9781802205565 Edward Elgar Publishing
Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe investigates the manifold challenges posed by the continued expansion of the platform economy, the rise of non-standard forms of employment, and the diversification of work identities.
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Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe investigates the manifold challenges posed by the continued expansion of the platform economy, the rise of non-standard forms of employment, and the diversification of work identities.
Leading authors explore the potentialities and barriers for collective protection and representation of contingent workers in the platform economy, based on the experiences, needs, and aspirations of workers in Italy and Spain. Chapters undertake in-depth analyses of a diverse and innovative variety of initiatives for the protection, organization, and representation of contingent workers. The book ultimately constructs a framework to interpret the evolution of contingent workers’ experiences, allowing trade unions, social movements, and cooperatives to develop organizational and representative practices that better respond to their needs.
This incisive book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of sociology, international relations, political science, and labour law. Its practical insights will also enable trade unionists, activists, and policymakers in the field of labour relations to make informed decisions and identify possible avenues for development.
Leading authors explore the potentialities and barriers for collective protection and representation of contingent workers in the platform economy, based on the experiences, needs, and aspirations of workers in Italy and Spain. Chapters undertake in-depth analyses of a diverse and innovative variety of initiatives for the protection, organization, and representation of contingent workers. The book ultimately constructs a framework to interpret the evolution of contingent workers’ experiences, allowing trade unions, social movements, and cooperatives to develop organizational and representative practices that better respond to their needs.
This incisive book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of sociology, international relations, political science, and labour law. Its practical insights will also enable trade unionists, activists, and policymakers in the field of labour relations to make informed decisions and identify possible avenues for development.
Critical Acclaim
‘Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe presents new insights into the growing world of contingent work, which is particularly significant in Southern Europe. A must read for everybody looking for inspiring cases of collective representation of platform workers and freelancers as well as conceptual tools for analyzing new forms of representation and social dialogue among contingent workers.’
– Anna Ilsøe, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
‘Extremely impressive and highly recommendable, this book contributes to the understanding of the South-European countries’ model of work and employment, in the context of rising contingent work and problematic collective representation for atypical workers. The new aspirations and needs of Italian and Spanish contingent workers are explored together with the innovative forms of collective action.’
– Vassil Kirov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
– Anna Ilsøe, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
‘Extremely impressive and highly recommendable, this book contributes to the understanding of the South-European countries’ model of work and employment, in the context of rising contingent work and problematic collective representation for atypical workers. The new aspirations and needs of Italian and Spanish contingent workers are explored together with the innovative forms of collective action.’
– Vassil Kirov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Contributors
Contributors: Davide Arcidiacono, Lucía del Moral-Espín, Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio, Cecilia Manzo, Anna Mori, Ivana Pais, Sofía Pérez de Guzmán, Anna Soru, Ester Ulloa-Unanue
Contents
Contents:
1 Introduction: what is at stake regarding the collective
representation of contingent workers? 1
Sofía Pérez de Guzmán, Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio and Ivana Pais
PART I NEW DEMANDS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR
EMERGING LABOUR REALITIES AND IDENTITIES
2 Alternative and contingent work in Italy and Spain:
a statistical approach 20
Anna Soru
3 Contingent workers’ expectations for a collective voice:
between individualism and the need for representation 37
Sofía Pérez de Guzmán
PART II ENHANCING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR
INTERMITTENT WORK
4 Doc servizi: how the cooperative model can support the
music industry 55
Anna Mori
5 Smart Ibérica business impulse cooperative: ‘not just
a means of invoicing for your work’ 75
Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio and Lucía del Moral-Espín
6 Humus Job: a collective voice for ethical work 95
Cecilia Manzo
PART III BUILDING SOLIDARITIES AMONG
PLATFORM WORKERS
7 Tu respuesta sindical YA: a new tool to meet the demands
of workers engaged through digital platforms 111
Ester Ulloa-Unanue
8 Collective strategies of resistance to the precarious labour
conditions in the digital platform economy: the case of
Riders x Derechos 132
Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio
9 Consegne Etiche: the ethical platform for food delivery 155
Davide Arcidiacono and Ivana Pais
PART IV NEW MODELS OF PROTECTION AND
REPRESENTATION OF CONTINGENT WORKERS
10 Towards new forms of economic and political action:
from voice to entry 177
Ivana Pais and Anna Mori
11 Conclusion: contingent workers’ voice in Southern
Europe after Covid-19 197
Ivana Pais, Sofía Pérez de Guzmán and Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio
Index
1 Introduction: what is at stake regarding the collective
representation of contingent workers? 1
Sofía Pérez de Guzmán, Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio and Ivana Pais
PART I NEW DEMANDS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR
EMERGING LABOUR REALITIES AND IDENTITIES
2 Alternative and contingent work in Italy and Spain:
a statistical approach 20
Anna Soru
3 Contingent workers’ expectations for a collective voice:
between individualism and the need for representation 37
Sofía Pérez de Guzmán
PART II ENHANCING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR
INTERMITTENT WORK
4 Doc servizi: how the cooperative model can support the
music industry 55
Anna Mori
5 Smart Ibérica business impulse cooperative: ‘not just
a means of invoicing for your work’ 75
Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio and Lucía del Moral-Espín
6 Humus Job: a collective voice for ethical work 95
Cecilia Manzo
PART III BUILDING SOLIDARITIES AMONG
PLATFORM WORKERS
7 Tu respuesta sindical YA: a new tool to meet the demands
of workers engaged through digital platforms 111
Ester Ulloa-Unanue
8 Collective strategies of resistance to the precarious labour
conditions in the digital platform economy: the case of
Riders x Derechos 132
Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio
9 Consegne Etiche: the ethical platform for food delivery 155
Davide Arcidiacono and Ivana Pais
PART IV NEW MODELS OF PROTECTION AND
REPRESENTATION OF CONTINGENT WORKERS
10 Towards new forms of economic and political action:
from voice to entry 177
Ivana Pais and Anna Mori
11 Conclusion: contingent workers’ voice in Southern
Europe after Covid-19 197
Ivana Pais, Sofía Pérez de Guzmán and Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio
Index
