Algorithmic control
Work in the social sciences on algorithmic systems can inform how unions address their impact on the power balance between workers and employers.
politics, economy and employment & labour
German Bender is chief analyst at the Stockholm-based think tank Arena Idé and a PhD student at the Stockholm School of Economics, specialising in industrial relations, wage formation and the influence of social partners on algorithms. He was previously senior research officer at the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO) and a speechwriter at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO).
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Work in the social sciences on algorithmic systems can inform how unions address their impact on the power balance between workers and employers.
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There is only one problem with the theory that the labour market is becoming polarised between the low- and high-skilled. It’s wrong.
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Since the general election in September, Sweden has found itself in a political deadlock awaiting the formation of a government. One of the issues dividing the two main parliamentary blocs is whether there should be a cap on profit margins for publicly funded private schools. A government proposal to introduce such regulation was stopped by […]
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