By Platform Labour
In this three-part blog post, the authors provide an overview of the ways in which COVID-19 is impacting the platform-mediated organization of labor and social reproduction in the Global North.
Part one deals with the gig economy and on-demand platforms; part two discusses the consequences for Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms while part three addresses grassroots initiatives that mobilize platform models and technologies to tackle the Corona crisis in the social sector.