What Does the War in Ukraine Mean for Platform Workers? (A. Bertolini, T. Lopez, F. Ustek-Spilda, M. Graham, P. Feuerstein and J. Budu)
In the past two months, we have all been consumed by the war in Ukraine, with terrible images of buildings on fire, people fleeing the country and utter destruction filling our screens, newspapers and minds. In this tragic situation, the insecurity and precarity of platform work has become an even clearer reality. In the past few years, the platform economy has found in Ukraine a particularly thriving environment to expand. Thanks to a workforce that is very well-educated, tech-savvy and fluent in English, Ukraine has been a particularly attractive country for companies looking for online freelancers to provide a range …