Here is a much better link for that report: http://www.etui.org/Publications2/Policy-Briefs/European-Economic-Employment-and-Social-Policy/The-emergence-of-peer-production-challenges-and-opportunities-for-labour-and-unions
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:53 PM, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > > Vasilis Niaros of the P2P Lab and myself (Michel Bauwens) produced a > report on commons-oriented peer production and the collaborative economy, > and what it could mean for labour and unions, commissioned by the European > Trade Union federation as the EU level, i.e. ETUC/ETUI > > > Thanks a lot for eventually tweeting and diffusing it as well: > > > > ETUI Policy Brief 3/2017: emergence of peer production: challenges > > and opportunities for labour and unions https://t.co/hNsiXoGOlb > > > > Key points and Conclusions > > > > Key Points: > > > — The emergence of peer production is not a transient phenomenon but an > essential part of the evolving economy since it is based on both > technological capacity and social demand. — As this emergence is > accompanied by many negative social and environmental externalities, it is > vital that the labour movement and trade unions demand strong regulatory > safeguards. > > — There are also important potential advantages, such as a greater > opportunity to choose meaningful and autonomous work, as well as other > ecological benefits. > > > — Positive responses that have been emerging include the creation of > generative entrepreneurial coalitions, platform cooperatives and labour > mutuals. > > > — This policy brief recommends approaches that support a new cohort of > autonomous workers and consider them as an integral part of the existing > labour and union movements. > > > — A productive model that combines global open design communities with > distributed manufacturing should be explored as a potential framework for > local re-industrialisation and the creation of a substantial amount of > blue-collar jobs > > > Conclusions > > In conclusion, both CBPP and platform capitalism have positive and > negative aspects. Given the interconnectedness of their emergence with > current technological capacities, we propose that the labour movement and > trade unions craft a policy response that: > > — strongly regulates against negative externalities that affect workers > (e.g. the regulation of Uber and AirBnB); > > — strongly promotes the positive aspects by making a link between the new > models and those corporate entities that take into account social justice > and distribution; in other words, supports generative businesses that > create livelihoods around peer production and member-owned or > multi-stakeholder-managed ‘platform cooperatives’; > > — supports autonomous work, creates solidarity mechanisms that insert > these workers into systems of social protection, and attempts to bridge the > divide between the precariat and the salariat, without reducing autonomous > work to a subordinate status; > > — supports the convergence of cooperative models with those of the social > and solidarity economy around the commons and the ‘sharing’ economy; and > > — supports the creation of business incubators and the prototyping of > policies that re-create local jobs with a view to promoting potential > re-industrialisation through distributed manufacturing models. > > > -- > Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: > http://commonstransition.org > > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ > -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
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