Riding for Deliveroo

Resistance in the New Economy

Callum Cant

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English

Polity Press
04 October 2019

Sociology: work & labour; Labour economics; Political economy

What is life like for workers in the gig economy? Is it a paradise of flexibility and individual freedom? Or is it a world of exploitation and conflict? Callum Cant took a job with one of the most prominent platforms, Deliveroo, to find out.

His vivid account of the reality is grim. Workers are being tyrannised by algorithms and exploited for the profit of the few - but they are not taking it lying down. Cant reveals a transnational network of encrypted chats and informal groups which have given birth to a wave of strikes and protests. Far from being atomised individuals helpless in the face of massive tech companies, workers are tearing up the rulebook and taking back control. New developments in the workplace are combining to produce an explosive subterranean class struggle - where the stakes are high, and the risks are higher.

Riding for Deliveroo is the first portrait of a new generation of working class militants. Its mixture of compelling first-hand testimony and engaging analysis is essential for anyone wishing to understand class struggle in platform capitalism.

By: Callum Cant
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781509535514
ISBN 10: 1509535519
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 04 October 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Job 3. The System of Control 4. A Short History of Precarious Militants 5. The Workers 6. The Strikes 7. Looking Forward 8. A New Wave 9. Conclusion

Callum Cant is a former Deliveroo delivery worker and PhD candidate at the University of West London

Reviews for Riding for Deliveroo: Resistance in the New Economy

This is a timely and insightful discussion of the conditions faced by gig economy workers. Powerfully written and politically urgent, it should be essential reading for anybody looking to understand - and to challenge - precarity in the age of platform capitalism. Helen Hester, University of West London Riding for Deliveroo is a must read for those interested in the gig economy, providing a powerful argument for how work can be transformed today. Jamie Woodcock, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Riding for Deliveroo provides a compelling and insightful account of the labour struggles at the front lines of the gig economy, deftly weaving individual stories of worker resistance into a rigorous theoretical analysis of modern-day capitalism. Wendy Liu Essential reading. Morning Star