Communication Workers Union × Nick Srnicek
Summary
Nick Srnicek’s book ‘Platform Capitalism’ (2017) is cited in both source documents in connection with the Communication Workers Union (CWU). In Source 1, a worker’s inquiry article about call centre labour, the author cites Srnicek to support the claim that ‘the platform model is not particularly new’ (footnote 3: ‘Srnicek, Nick. (2017) Platform Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity Press. p.41’). In Source 2, a report titled ‘When We Own It’ which references a CWU-commissioned study, Srnicek’s ‘Platform Capitalism’ (2017) appears in the endnotes list (endnote 6). The CWU is referenced in the same document as having commissioned a report (‘A New Public Banking Ecosystem: A report to the Labour Party commissioned by the Communication Workers Union and the Democracy Collaborative’). The connection between the CWU and Srnicek is indirect: his work is cited as a reference in a publication that also cites CWU-commissioned research, but there is no direct relationship (employment, affiliation, funding, or collaboration) between Srnicek and the CWU evidenced in the sources.
Provenance
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