Accessibility vs. Ethics in the Sharing Economy
summary
The sharing economy both enables and exploits: Uber drivers in Detroit report earnings under $9 an hour after expenses in 2015 and as low as $3 an hour after later price cuts; Deliveroo’s leaked contract promises £6 an hour and strips legal protections; Airbnb removes long‑term rentals and fuels rent hikes and discrimination; Urban Massage starts at £65 for 60 minutes, Hassle operates in seven UK cities, TaskRabbit workers avoid low‑income neighborhoods, and about 400 drivers form a cooperative after leaving Uber.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 0:17Accessibility vs. Ethics in the Sharing Economy
- 1:46Anxiety
- 2:30DELIVEROO
- 3:35Task Rabbit
- 4:34Profiting from colonization: Airbnb rents illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land; REMAX sells them
- 4:50Uber and the NAACP start partnership to recruit 3,000 new drivers from low income communities
- 6:55Avoiding the South Side and the Suburbs: The Geography of Mobile Crowdsourcing Markets
- 7:21We need to be criticising the sharing economy
- 8:41Support workers' rights and industrial action
- 9:06Protest cuts to disability services and benefits
- 9:21Think about accessibility requirements
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