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Trebor speaks about Future of Work, Gig Economy & Freelancing, Values-Driven Organizations. Professor of Digital Labor | Platform Cooperativism Advocate

Trebor Scholz

Professor of Digital Labor | Platform Cooperativism Advocate

🇺🇸New York, United States1 talk1 with video

Future of Work Gig Economy & Freelancing Values-Driven Organizations

Trebor Scholz

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Trebor Scholz is a Professor of Culture and Media at the New School in New York City. As a leading voice in the platform cooperativism movement, he advocates for worker-owned alternatives to the 'gig economy.

' Scholz's influential book 'Uberworked and Underpaid' explored the challenges facing digital laborers. He has advised city governments and policymakers on strategies for creating more equitable technology platforms.

Scholz's keynotes provide timely insights on the future of work, empowering audiences to build sustainable, community-oriented digital economies.

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Stuck in the gig economy? Try platform co-ops instead

Co-ops date back almost 200 years, run by groups of people that work together to own and operate a company. What does it look like when this tried-and-true business model merges with the digital economy? Trebor Scholz introduces the "platform cooperative," a new way to create democratic companies of empowered workers -- and develop a better, fairer alternative to the gig economy.

TEDMonterey 2021🇺🇸MontereyAug 2021

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