<div dir="ltr">Here is a much better link for that report:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.etui.org/Publications2/Policy-Briefs/European-Economic-Employment-and-Social-Policy/The-emergence-of-peer-production-challenges-and-opportunities-for-labour-and-unions">http://www.etui.org/Publications2/Policy-Briefs/European-Economic-Employment-and-Social-Policy/The-emergence-of-peer-production-challenges-and-opportunities-for-labour-and-unions</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:53 PM, Michel Bauwens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">Dear friends,</p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">Vasilis Niaros of the P2P Lab and myself (Michel Bauwens) produced a report on commons-oriented peer production and the collaborative economy, and what it could mean for labour and unions, commissioned by the European Trade Union federation as the EU level, i.e. ETUC/ETUI</p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">Thanks a lot for eventually tweeting and diffusing it as well:</p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">ETUI Policy Brief 3/2017: emergence of peer production: challenges</p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">and opportunities for labour and unions <a href="https://t.co/hNsiXoGOlb" target="_blank">https://t.co/hNsiXoGOlb</a></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">Key points and Conclusions</p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">Key Points:</p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">— The emergence of peer production is not a transient phenomenon but an essential
part of the evolving economy since it is based on both technological capacity and
social demand.
— As this emergence is accompanied by many negative social and environmental
externalities, it is vital that the labour movement and trade unions demand strong
regulatory safeguards. </p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">— There are also important potential advantages, such as a greater opportunity to
choose meaningful and autonomous work, as well as other ecological benefits.</p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"> — Positive responses that have been emerging include the creation of generative entrepreneurial coalitions, platform
cooperatives and labour mutuals. </p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">— This policy brief recommends approaches that support a new cohort of autonomous workers and consider them as an
integral part of the existing labour and union movements. </p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial"><br></p><p style="margin:0.1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"open sans","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial">— A productive model that combines global open design communities with distributed manufacturing should be explored
as a potential framework for local re-industrialisation and the creation of a substantial amount of blue-collar jobs<br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Conclusions </div><div><br></div><div>In conclusion, both CBPP and platform capitalism have positive and
negative aspects. Given the interconnectedness of their emergence
with current technological capacities, we propose that the labour
movement and trade unions craft a policy response that: </div><div><br></div><div>— strongly regulates against negative externalities that affect
workers (e.g. the regulation of Uber and AirBnB); </div><div><br></div><div>— strongly promotes the positive aspects by making a link between
the new models and those corporate entities that take into
account social justice and distribution; in other words, supports
generative businesses that create livelihoods around peer
production and member-owned or multi-stakeholder-managed
‘platform cooperatives’; </div><div><br></div><div>— supports autonomous work, creates solidarity mechanisms
that insert these workers into systems of social protection, and
attempts to bridge the divide between the precariat and the
salariat, without reducing autonomous work to a subordinate
status; </div><div><br></div><div>— supports the convergence of cooperative models with those of
the social and solidarity economy around the commons and the
‘sharing’ economy; and </div><div><br></div><div>— supports the creation of business incubators and the prototyping
of policies that re-create local jobs with a view to promoting
potential re-industrialisation through distributed manufacturing
models.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-8255606707804281922gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a>  </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a>  - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/<wbr>mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-<wbr>complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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