À lire dans Transfer, Kristy Milland à propos d'Amazon MTurk, le mythe de la flexibilité, les syndicats, l'IA — et où se situe l'"esclavage" sur les plateformes de digital labor.
"Flexibility on the platform is only afforded to those who don’t need the money, leaving (…) those with a disability, no access to jobs locally, a criminal record, or otherwise unable to work outside the home – chained to their computer."
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"If we don’t work together, I see a future where union membership dwindles as full- time positions are replaced by A.I. and crowds of underpaid labourers. It is as vital to unions that they begin to include freelancers in their ranks as it is for workers to leverage the abilities and resources of those unions. This is a beautiful partnership that can bring about great change, but only if we get together as soon as possible."
"A strong union can help us in our fight for a fairer workplace, but traditionally unionising invisible online workers is difficult. Amazon doesn’t reveal how many workers are active on the platform (…). Even if a group were formed and were able to organise, it is exceptionally difficult to use strikes or work disruptions as you never know which workers are actually participating. Collective bargaining for freelancers is also problematic as legislation deems it illegal cabal-like activity."