All Points North #27: Ville-Veikko Pulkka on the erosion of workers’ rights in the app-driven economy

All Points North #27: Ville-Veikko Pulkka on the erosion of workers' rights in the app-driven economy

Audio Audio: Yle News Yle News’ All Points North asks special guest Ville-Veikko Pulkka , a Helsinki University researcher specialising in labour policy in the digital age, whether the platform economy is lathering up a slippery wage slope for low-paid service workers in Finland despite the country’s strong union tradition. The current centre-right government is forging ahead with legislation that will make it easier for small firms to fire workers while zero-hour contracts, which jeopardise workers’ benefits, are becoming more prevalent.

This week’s APN takes a closer look at the erosion of workers’ rights through the lens of non-unionised food […]

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