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Documentary ‘The Gig is Up’ looks at the shadow workforce behind some of your favourite apps

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Dr. Mary Gray revealed the hidden realities of the overlooked and undervalued workers driving our economy through their labor—what Gray calls “ghost work.”

DALL’OPERETTA AL MUSICAL al Teatro ROSETTI TRIESTE martedì 15 giugno Martedì 15 giugno alle ore 20,30 al Politeama Rossetti di Trieste va in scena “Dall’Operetta al Musical”, un viaggio musicale attraverso alcune delle pagine più note dei due generi, che appartengono alla storia della città e che da sempre sono acclamati dal pubblico triestino. “Dall’Operetta al Musical” è una produzione dell’Associazione Internazionale dell’Operetta FVG e del Teatro Stabile del FVG, inserito nel programma de Le Stelle del Musical. Gli interpreti della serata sono quattro specialisti ...

film profile], which had its North American premiere at Hot Docs, is among the cream of the crop. It deals with the gig economy: Uber, Deliveroo, Bolt, Wolt, Lyft and an ever-growing bunch of apps that pair services with customers use so-called "free contractors". While the idea of working without an office and choosing your own hours sounded attractive some ten years ago, when these started popping up, their business model has reduced the contractors to slaves who always have to be attentive and nice to customers while doing physically and mentally exhausting work for very little money. (Th...