Readymade garment factory workers demonstrate by blocking the road, Dhaka DHAKA TRIBUNEHow can workers escape the inequality, misery, and exploitation they endure? Who are the free workers? Broadly, workers under capitalism are free in a dual sense -- they are free from access to means of production or resources and do not have any capital except labour to sell. In such a situation, platform work opportunities are thought of as a better alternative, where workers are supposedly free from coercions that “traditional” industries are plagued with. The online platforms present a tripartite relationship: The platform, the workers (delivery persons/drivers), and the requester of the work or service (delivery recipients, passengers).

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 28, 2020 22:18 UTC