Workers in East Africa and South Asia are now paid low wages to perform behind-the-scenes data tasks are used to power ...
Grocery delivery drivers who once shuttled bags from Kroger stores to customers’ doorsteps say a quiet algorithmic shift has pushed them out of work, replacing human judgment with automated dispatch ...
"There are nights when I just stand on the road till morning. No orders, no money. Just waiting,” he said. It is 2.30 am. The ...
In this article we analyse the significance for critical logistics studies of a neglected chapter in industrial relations history, the introduction of so-called ‘Engineered Standards’ into the ...
Labour oversupply, fragmented workforces and algorithmic control allow gig platforms to absorb strikes quietly, exposing a widening power gap between app companies, workers and India’s evolving labour ...
While algorithmic pricing has been used in many industries for decades, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has led antitrust enforcers—including federal agencies and ...
The App-Based delivery is not just a logistics innovation but a labour regime that compresses time, erases safety margins, ...