Abstract

This chapter considers the role of law in relation to collective worker voice in the platform economy. It examines how workers and trade unions have used creative legal arguments in strategic litigation to extend legal protections in the gig economy. This can be seen in relation to employment status litigation to challenge bogus self-employment arrangements. The chapter also explores how the law can sometimes be used to obstruct collective voice through competition law norms. Law can be a tool of repression for states and capital to suppress collective resistance, yet it can also be used strategically as a power resource by workers, trade unions, and their legal advisers.

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