Freelancers: instruments and victims of deregulated working conditions
2017
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20-24
deregulation ; employment status ; journalist ; precarious employment ; self employed ; working conditions ; trade union document
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"The result of waves of redundancies, the decline in the number of journalists with open-ended employment contracts in Europe has gone hand-in-hand with a proliferation of atypical jobs, especially ‘gig' work. Workers hired under such contractual agreements are finding themselves faced with obstacles in defending their professional and social rights. This cheap workforce has become symptomatic of the precarious situations of journalists."
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