Women gig workers raise pressure for labour reform

The gig economy is expanding work opportunities for women, but older prejudices and new constraints are also surfacing

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  • Widening reach
  • Gender paygap
  • Over-representation in low-paid work
  • Minimal protections
  • Regulatory flux
  • US experience
  • UK stance
  • New forms of collective action?
  • Voluntary associations
  • Platform cooperative movement
  • Legislative changes
  • Government action
  • Corporate action
  • Outlook

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