Gig Economy

In the first of a three-part series, we look at how blind optimism must be replaced by a societal debate in which technological advances are held accountable.

An interview on the 21st-century challenges facing the trade union movement, from energy transition to new forms of work.

Four panellists discuss the perils and possibilities of today’s so-called ‘gig economy’, and how governments can keep up.

For some, the gig economy is the new reality of work and opportunity. For others, it is a return to power relations that labour law hoped to, and perhaps still can, stamp out.