🚨 9.5 hours online, 15 orders, just ₹731 + ₹50 bonus. This is the reality for many gig workers — long hours, low pay, and chasing incentives just to survive. #FairPayForGigWorkers#TGPWU
The @TGPWU Demands @zomato Take Full Responsibility After Delivery Worker Syed Farhan Falls into Drainage During Hyderabad Rains
On 9 Aug 2025, Zomato delivery worker Syed Farhan fell into an open drainage near TKR Kaman during heavy rain, losing his bike and phone. 1/3
Our article "Beyond the ‘Gig Economy’: Towards Variable Experiences of Job Quality in Platform Work" has been published by @WESjnl with Nick Martindale and @BrendanBurchell
Exited to discuss our Gig Rights Project findings that platform workers want labour rights, trade unions and works councils with Justin Madders MP, Minister for Employment Rights, today.
Read the research here: https://t.co/r8fLgryHVb
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
at Doctoral, Post Doctoral and Research Fellow levels
in humanities, sciences, engineering, technology, social sciences, and the arts.
Details at https://t.co/oHMCvx1GPT
2-4 monthsFellowship for Doctoral, Post Doctoral and Faculty to do research in @MPICSL
Stipend
up to 1,365.00 EUR per month (Doctoral students)
up to 2,500.00 EUR per month (Postdocs)
up to 3,000 EUR per month (Faculty)
Details at https://t.co/K2TqpDulhl
Apply by 31st Oct 2025
📢 Call for Proposals! The ESA RN09 Economic Sociology Mid-Term Conference
Exploring Solutions to the Challenges of Our Time:
A Positive Turn in Economic Sociology?
📅 Sept 3-5, 2025, @JWI_Berlin
📤 Deadline: May 1, 2025.
No conference fees!
🔗 https://t.co/QRfqVwy8ny
We are #hiring an Associate Fellow/Research Lead across any of our 4 research areas: Adaptation and Resilience, Climate Policy, Energy Transitions, and Environmental Governance & Policy. Details: https://t.co/a3FafHhvAz
Ideal candidates will have a Ph.D. in a relevant social/applied science field with strong policy engagement. Master’s degree holders with 3-5 years of relevant experience also encouraged to apply.
Want to know why @Uber drivers were striking this valentines? We surveyed 500 platform workers to find out what platform workers want! Read it here:
https://t.co/Vrj9QYsqpC
Want to know why @Uber drivers are striking this valentines? We survived 500 platform workers to find out what platfom workers want! Read it here:
https://t.co/Vrj9QYsqpC
Applications are invited for The Simon Early Career Research Fellowship (University of Manchester): four posts in any of the Social Sciences, broadly defined, tenable for three years from 1 October 2025. Closing date: 07/03/2025. https://t.co/Cy0WyCi1X6 #urban#sociology
The Trust's Early Career Fellowships offer a three-year salaried post for researchers at the beginning of their academic career to undertake a significant piece of research. Interested? Apply here: https://t.co/dCLifOIAhm
Deadline: 20 February 2025, 4 pm.
Read about some of the projects here: https://t.co/xtaJkJZ7Be
Here is a great debate: @valeriapuligna2 responds to the book review forum arguing how the state must address the uneven distribution of benefits created by unpaid labor with strong policies, based on the new book with @MarkietaDomecka@OUPAcademic
https://t.co/qH16P2ZuYx
Delighted to share that Mr Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary, MeitY will be giving the keynote address at our upcoming webinar, Gender Biases in LLMs: Perspectives from the Indian Context!
📆 Dec 11, 2024
🕛 3 - 5 pm IST
📍 Zoom
🔗 Register now: https://t.co/YljCj18cK3
To ensure fair representation, we urge the Telangana government to classify gig and platform workers as 'Unorganised Sector Workers' in the upcoming caste census. It’s time to acknowledge their unique contributions! #CasteCensus#GigWorkers#TGPWU
CC @revanth_anumula@Ponnam_INC
Great new special issue on transnational employment relations in Europe - edited by @RolandErne, Marco Hauptmeier, @valeriapuligna2, and Peter Turnbull - @ILRReview