Flier for the cricket coaching event. August 9, 15:30. Tempelhofer Feld, ParadestraΓe entrance.
Next weekend, food delivery workers and allies will provide free cricket coaching at Berlin's Tempelhofer Feld.
02.08.2025 20:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Riders without rights
The workers who deliver and donβt get paid
A report about (and the broader context of) some recent litigation against Wolt by workers claiming unpaid wages even as the food delivery giant hid behind subcontracting chains.
www.theleftberlin.com/wolt-riders/
31.07.2025 06:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Definite step up in video quality, Jarrod. Congratulations!
30.07.2025 19:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Beyond Borders Podcast
Revealing the Struggles of South Asian Students in Germany | Dheeraj Tyagi & Aju John
International student or migrant low-wage worker? Or both? The written and unwritten rules of international student mobility and skilled worker mobility currently operate to maintain a steady supply of low-wage labour to the global North.
youtu.be/kB9uTvwGCuE?...
26.07.2025 09:59 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A historic day in the battle against bogus self-employment in the platform economy: Glovo, Spain's largest food delivery platform, finally stops using bogus self-employed riders, after a 4-year battle with the govt and hundreds of millions in fines. π§΅
01.07.2025 08:02 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
E1: Punjab to Potsdamer Platz
Delivery Charge Β· Episode
Fresh!
The first episode of the second season of Delivery Charge. It's about migrants from South Asia doing food delivery work in Berlin.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1tDm...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/e...
Podbean: deliverycharge.podbean.com/e/e1-punjab-...
01.07.2025 13:01 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Am Donnerstag findet vor dem Arbeitsgericht Berlin die Verhandlung ΓΌber #Lohnraub beim Lieferdienst #Wolt statt. Es klagt einen Kurierin der ΓΌber 3000 EUR von einem Subunternehmer vorenthalten wurden. Mehrere Initiativen rufen zu einer Kundgebung um 11 Uhr vor dem Gericht auf.
16.06.2025 06:09 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Please add me!
04.06.2025 09:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What can Indiaβs emerging gig worker unions teach us about labour organising & welfare in the digital age?
Thrilled about this new open-access paper with @islandexpress
in @compchange.bsky.social
Read: doi.org/10.1177/1024...
It's packed with ideas. A thread of it's key interventions:
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