Choose only one of these discussion topics for your first post, then answer another post (doesn’t have to be on the same question you first answered):
(1) Discuss the possibilities of unionizing or creating co-ops of platform or gig workers during the pandemic, or for transforming the knowledge, cultural, or gig-economies to bring their organizations or practices more in line with the values and practices of economic democracy. Please try, as much as you can, to bring in current workers’ struggles from the news that you have encountered and use them to nurture your discussions (and include URL links if you can in your posts), or discuss examples or issues that arose in our readings for this week.
(2) Could workplace takeovers and conversions to co-operatives by workers and communities happen in Canada or in your community? Can this contribute to “post-pandemic possibilities”?
https://www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/covid-19/cooperatives-reloaded-lets-own-the-digital-world
https://theconversation.com/6-challenges-of-being-a-gig-worker-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-164446