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Photo credit: The Blue Diamond Gallery / CC BY. A proliferation of atypical forms of work in Europe has become known as "The Gig Economy." For many, a permanent state of social economic uncertainty is the new normal. Casual work, temping, zero hour contracts, and diverse forms of self-employment are characteristic of this brave new world of "precarious work." 
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VOICES OF THOUGHT LEADERS RECORDED IN AN INTERVIEW SERIES DURING THE 3. OUISHAREFEST (20.-22.05.2015). WWW.OuiShare.NET IS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY AND THINK AND D...
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According to a recent SAP and Oxford Economics report, 83% of executives say their companies are increasing their use of contingent workers. Intuit reported that by 2020 40% of American Workers will be freelancers.
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From an interview conducted during Ouishare 2015, in which Sara Horowitz shares her wishes and plan for social change:
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We're lawyers and nannies. We're graphic designers and temps.
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In today's emerging economy, 53 million Americans are "independent workers" or freelancers, about one-third of the entire workforce, according to Sara Horowitz, this year's recipient of the Eugene V. Debs Award.
Sophie Wade's curator insight,
October 26, 2014 4:33 PM
"Building a new form of unionism that helps independent workers acquire benefits and other services, stay networked and have a political advocacy voice." |
