Trade union strategies towards platform workers: exploration instead of action (The case of Hungarian trade unions)
Borbely, Szilvia ; Makó, Csaba ; Illessy, Miklós ; Nostrabadi, Saced
Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest
2021
31 p.
crowd work ; trade union ; social dialogue ; trade union role ; digital economy ; workers representation ; epidemic disease
Trade unionism
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.04137.pdf
English
"Although the share of platform work is very small compared to conventional and traditional employment system, research shows that the use of platform work is increasingly growing all over the world. Trade unions have also paid special attention to the platform work because they know that the transfer of a percentage of human resources to the platforms is undeniable. To this end, the trade unions prepare themselves for the challenges and dynamics of this emerging phenomenon in the field of human resources. Using a qualitative research method and a case study of Hungary, the present study aimed to identify the strategies adopted by Trade Unions to manage the transition to platform works and provide suggestions for both practitioners and future research."
Digital
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