Workers of the Internet Unite? Online Freelancer Organisation Among Remote Gig Economy Workers in Six Asian and African Countries

A. Wood, V. Lehdonvirta, Mark Graham
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This article presents findings regarding collective organisation among online freelancers in middle-income countries. Drawing on research in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, we find that the specific nature of the online freelancing labour process gives rise to a distinctive form of organisation, in which social media groups play a central role in structuring communication and unions are absent. Previous research is limited to either conventional freelancers or ‘microworkers’ who do relatively low-skilled tasks via online labour platforms. This study uses 107 interviews and a survey of 658 freelancers who obtain work via a variety of online platforms to highlight that Internet-based communities play a vital role in their work experiences. Internet-based communities enable workers to support each other and share information. This, in turn, increases their security and protection. However, these communities are fragmented by nationality, occupation and platform.
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互联网工人联盟?六个亚洲和非洲国家远程零工经济工作者的在线自由职业者组织
本文提出了关于中等收入国家在线自由职业者集体组织的调查结果。根据对东南亚和撒哈拉以南非洲的研究,我们发现,在线自由职业劳动过程的特殊性导致了一种独特的组织形式,在这种形式中,社交媒体团体在构建沟通方面发挥了核心作用,而工会则缺席。之前的研究仅限于传统的自由职业者或通过在线劳动力平台从事相对低技能任务的“微工作者”。这项研究对通过各种在线平台获得工作的658名自由职业者进行了107次访谈和调查,以强调基于互联网的社区在他们的工作经历中起着至关重要的作用。基于互联网的社区使员工能够相互支持和共享信息。这反过来又增加了他们的安全和保护。然而,这些社区因国籍、职业和平台而支离破碎。
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