STRUCTURE
Introduction: 00:00 to 00:54
00:55 to 2:32: Part 1: What is Uberisation?
02:33 to 07:25: Part 2: What makes an industry vulnerable to Uberisation?
07:26 to 09:58: Part 3: 5 industries vulnerable to Uberisation - 1) Education
09:59 to 11:58: 2) Mental health care
11:59 to 14:31: 3) Music
14:32 to 17:10: 4) Agency work
17:11 to 21:52: 5) Data annotation
21:53 to 23:25: Part 4: De-Uberisation
23:26 to 23:56: Outro
CREDITS
Background music: ‘Embrace’, by Evgeny Bardyuzha (downloaded with a creative commons licence from pixabay.com).
Interviews with Samantha Howe, Linas Mazgeika, Elmar Smid and Jonas Valente were conducted in person at the ETUC ‘Platforum’ in Nicosia, Cyprus, September 25-26. Thanks to all.
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