Senior Advisor @hrw on Economic Justice | PhD @TheNewSchool | Cities & Inequality in Latin America @routledgebooks
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12 May 2025
1/ After nearly 3 years of research, our @hrw report The Gig Trap is finally out. It documents how companies like @Uber @lyft @DoorDash @Instacart @Shipt @Amazon Flex built a business model that undermines labor rights & deepens inequality in the US. A 🧵hrw.org/node/391214
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🌏 A historic day for labor rights! At @ilo's #ILC2026, workers, govts & employers voted overwhelmingly to adopt Convention 193, the 1st global treaty on platform work. A major step toward rights for workers managed through apps & algorithms. hrw.org/news/2026/06/12/ilo-…
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Jun 5
Apps & algorithms shouldn't be tools for evading workers’ rights. As governments negotiate the 1st🌍 global treaty on platform work, they should close loopholes adopt strong protections for all gig workers.
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Jun 2
✊ Gig workers deserve rights, not loopholes.
This week and next, governments, workers, and employers are negotiating the first global treaty on decent work in the platform economy.
They should adopt strong standards to protect all platform workers’ rights.
#ILC2026 #WorkersRights
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If a business model works only because it evades workers’ rights, that is an argument for regulation, not against it, write @LenaSimet and Anna Bacciarelliof @hrw. commondreams.org/opinion/lab…
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If a business model works only because it evades workers’ rights, it's an argument for regulation, not against it.
@a_bacci & I wrote about AI, gig work, & why govts negotiating a new @ilo standard need to act before exploitation becomes the blueprint: fpif.org/ai-runs-the-global-…
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May 13
It's estimated that “gig” or “platform” work grew by 90 percent between 2016 and 2020. Yet labor protections for those workers have not kept up.
In a new report, HRW documents the experiences of platform workers across nine countries, and urges governments to adopt strong standards to protect workers ⤵️
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May 14
Tratado laboral de la OIT debe proteger a todos los trabajadores de plataformas
“Las empresas de plataformas han generado un modelo de negocios que elude las protecciones laborales y traslada los riesgos y costos a los trabajadores” @LenaSimet @hrw
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🚨New @hrw report comes as govts prepare to negotiate 1st global treaty on platform work at @ilo.
Across 9 countries workers describe low unpredictable pay, opaque algorithms, safety risks & little/no social security. A thread🧵hrw.org/feature/2026/05/13/a…
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May 13
6/ In India, Ravi broke his arm in a crash while rushing to complete a delivery under tight time pressure. He paid his own medical costs. The platform provided no support. “We don’t get anything from the company.”
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7/ The @ilo negotiations are a landmark opportunity to set global standards for platform work: fair pay, safe conditions, social security, algorithmic transparency & the right to organize.
The future of work should protect workers’ rights, not undermine them.
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May 12
🚨 Tomorrow @hrw releases a new report on the human impact of unregulated platform work - low pay, unsafe conditions, lack of social security across 9 countries.
It comes ahead of critical @ilo negotiations on the 1st global🌍standard for platform work.
DM for embargoed access.
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NEW: @Oxfam's annual global inequality report🌏
Billionaire wealth⬆️3x faster in '25 than previous years
This year, we dive deep on the link between economic and political inequality. Billionaires are 4000x more likely to hold office than you or me.
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Jan 15
In #Hungary, poverty among people aged 65 has more than doubled since 2018.
A key driver: a pension system that leaves nearly 1 in 4 pensioners with incomes below the poverty threshold.
Check out @hrw's latest report: hrw.org/news/2026/01/14/inad…
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Jan 14
In Hungary, almost half a million older people receive pensions that leave them living below the poverty line.
In a new report, HRW documents how the Hungarian government is failing to ensure older people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living.
Read more: bit.ly/4jBH4VG
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Jan 13
Regular people are paying higher taxes for worsening public services, while huge companies & the ultra-rich pay little under a tax system designed 100 years ago. My op-ed on why a new UN tax treaty is a historic chance to enable governments to fund human rights👇
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A Fairer Tax System is a Global Human Rights Imperative
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Jan 7
New year, new book!đź“š
@MatthewGreensl2's "Beyond the World Bank" is a powerful critique of the reliance on poverty targeting and makes a strong case for universal rights-aligned social security, drawing on experiences from Chile to Kenya, Nepal & more: bloomsbury.com/uk/beyond-the…
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