---------- Forwarded message --------- From: CECOP <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 4:00 PM Subject: CECOP Policy Paper | Non-standard and Platform workers in the COVID-19 crisis To: <[email protected]> A worker-owned cooperatives' perspective *Based on CECOP’s Working Group on Platforms and Non-Standard Work, and coordinated by Smart (Belgium), this policy paper addresses the situation of non-standard workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, including platform workers. The paper stems from a summary of members’ testimony of their experiences during the time of lockdown. * The COVID-19 pandemic that unravelled over the world led to tremendous losses of lives across the world. With huge efforts and strict measures taken, it was possible to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe, but the constant threat of a new outbreak, as well as the economic implications of the fight against COVID-19, remain challenges for European societies and economies. As for many aspects, the confinement measures and their impact exacerbated underlying challenges societies were already facing before COVID-19 spread. This is particularly the case of non-standard and platform workers who struggled during this crisis, as many national rescue packages failed to address their needs. Whereas cooperatives showed their resilience in times of turmoil in the past, this crisis is new and the uncertainties for the future are high. The COVID-19 crisis showed that the recognition of non-standard workers, including platform workers, remains a challenge in national and European labour regulations, leaving workers vulnerable and making fitting policies complicated to obtain. The failure to adapt national and European labour legislation to cover non-standard workers worsened the impact of the current crisis, putting workers incomes and livelihoods at risk. Read the paper here <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=c65677ebfc&e=234969592f> CECOP is the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives. Our members are national federations of cooperatives, and organisations that promote cooperatives. Present in 15 European countries, we give voice to 40,000 enterprises, employing 1.3 million workers. For more information, please contact Mila Shamku, Advocacy Coordinator at [email protected] [image: Facebook] <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=c1a53ab157&e=234969592f> [image: Twitter] <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=94ea47d290&e=234969592f> [image: Website] <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=4e3b3a7b8f&e=234969592f> *Copyright © 2020 CECOP - CICOPA EUROPE, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you are a member of CECOP or because you requested to be subscribed to the CECOP mailing list. *Our mailing address is:* CECOP - CICOPA EUROPE Avenue Milcamps 105 BRUSSELS 1030 Belgium Add us to your address book <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=41e222a726&e=234969592f> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=0937afc274&e=234969592f> or unsubscribe from this list <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=8f6fe69231&e=234969592f> . This email was sent to [email protected] *why did I get this?* <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/about?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=2ae2cd446b&e=234969592f&c=86d583def9> unsubscribe from this list <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=2ae2cd446b&e=234969592f&c=86d583def9> update subscription preferences <https://cecop.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&id=2ae2cd446b&e=234969592f> CECOP - CICOPA EUROPE · Avenue Milcamps 105 · BRUSSELS 1030 · Belgium -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/