TY - JOUR
T1 - Why do labour platforms negotiate?
T2 - Platform strategies in tax-based welfare states
AU - Ilsøe, Anna
AU - Larsen, Trine Pernille
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The regulatory setting and growing worker mobilization in the digital platform economy have recently attracted much political and academic attention. However, the perspective of platforms as employers and their role in regulating the online market are less researched. This article contributes with a fresh perspective on labour platforms as potential employers and their various strategies towards collective bargaining. Empirically, the article draws on in-depth case studies of three labour platforms operating in Denmark, but choosing very different strategies towards collective bargaining. The study identifies four factors impacting their choice of strategy: platform ownership, existing sector-level agreements, growth rates and customer base.
AB - The regulatory setting and growing worker mobilization in the digital platform economy have recently attracted much political and academic attention. However, the perspective of platforms as employers and their role in regulating the online market are less researched. This article contributes with a fresh perspective on labour platforms as potential employers and their various strategies towards collective bargaining. Empirically, the article draws on in-depth case studies of three labour platforms operating in Denmark, but choosing very different strategies towards collective bargaining. The study identifies four factors impacting their choice of strategy: platform ownership, existing sector-level agreements, growth rates and customer base.
U2 - 10.1177/0143831X211056974
DO - 10.1177/0143831X211056974
M3 - Journal article
VL - 44
SP - 6
EP - 24
JO - Economic and Industrial Democracy
JF - Economic and Industrial Democracy
SN - 0143-831X
IS - 1
ER -