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Analysis: Who Speaks for the Workers?

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Who Speaks for the Workers?

26/06/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Analysis, Who Speaks for the Workers?

Union membership is in decline. So who will represent the workers of the gig economy?

Union membership is in decline and there is pressure on wages. So who will ensure that workers in the gig economy get a fair deal? Sonia Sodha presents.

Union membership is in decline whilst structural changes in the economy - including the rise of the so-called gig economy - are putting downward pressure on wages, and creating fertile conditions for exploitation by unscrupulous employers. So who is going to ensure that workers get a fair deal? Sonia Sodha, chief leader writer for the Observer, investigates.
Producer: David Edmonds.

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