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Slivers-of-Time working:
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UNIONS
Logos changed
Slivers of Time working for regeneration
& efficiency
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Slivers-of-Time selling is coming over the horizon
Drivers:Drivers:• Technology advancing /
processing costs falling• Pressing need for flexibility
From workers From employers
• Efficiencies of online ordering
Slivers-of-Time can go 2 waysEmployer led Neutral
services
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Employer led Slivers-of-TimeScheduling software, not a
marketplace.
• Workers: controlled by needs of one employer
Or must update multiple systems constantly
have no overview of demand/supply have employment history owned by
employer pay decided by employer
• The biggest employers get all the advantages
• Compare with: big supermarkets and their suppliers
ROLE OF UNIONS:Fighting on pay/conditions against
efficiencies skewed to employer
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Slivers-of-Time with NEMsNeutral marketplaceGrew out of think-tanks: Demos/IPPR:• Anyone sell their Slivers-of-Time• Any vetted employer compete for reliable workers
Benefits for workers:• Far wider choice
Types of work Days/times of work
• Exposure to multiple employers• Set your own pricing• NEMs uses price to reflect worker’s willingness
Benefits for employers• Self selecting pool of workers who choose to
interact with market in this way
POTENTIAL ROLE OF UNIONS:• Be a gateway into a sector (eg standards threshold)
Membership fees built into employer rate• Vet employers
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HISTORY OF NEMs.
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NEMs is finally viable:
ITV: cyber.cafe
1995
1997
1999
1994
1996
1998
Demos
article
Demos workshops/resear
ch
Demos
book
New York
Times
NET BENEFIT Eur / USA
eBay launched
Google launchedMEANWHILE >
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“stealth mode”
2001
2003
2000
2002
2004
Dot.com crash
50% of UK online
Online banking
First company New companyTech documentatio
n
PATENTS