{"id":51340,"date":"2022-04-26T17:04:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/?p=51340"},"modified":"2022-04-26T17:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:04:46","slug":"the-cost-of-the-gig-economy-cine-onu-screening-of-the-gig-is-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/the-cost-of-the-gig-economy-cine-onu-screening-of-the-gig-is-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of the Gig Economy: Cin\u00e9-ONU screening of The GIG IS UP"},"content":{"rendered":"
On 21 April, <\/strong>Cin\u00e9-ONU screened The GIG IS UP, in\u00a0partnership with\u00a0<\/strong>One World in Brussels<\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/span>at Cin\u00e9ma Galeries to mark International Workers\u2019 Day on 1 May 2022.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The GIG IS UP uncovers the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of people working for companies around the world, including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people around the world are finding work task by task online. The gig economy is worth 5 trillion USD globally and is growing. And yet, the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution have gone largely neglected. Who are the people in this shadow workforce? The GIG IS UP brings their stories to light.<\/p>\n The screening was followed by a panel discussion with Lieve Verboven, Director of the International Labour Organisation<\/a>\u2019<\/span>s <\/span>(ILO) Brussels office,\u00a0Tommaso Alberini,\u00a0Policy Officer at the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, and Tom Peeters, the Deputy Federal Secretary Road Transport and Logistics at BTB-ABVV. The discussion was moderated by Sherri Aldis, Director of the UN\u2019s Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) in Brussels.<\/p>\n