Labour/Data Justice: A New Framework For Labour/Regulatory Datafication

McCann, Deirdre; Cruz-Santiago, Arely

doi:10.1111/jols.12392

Labour/Data Justice: A New Framework For Labour/Regulatory Datafication

McCann, Deirdre; Cruz-Santiago, Arely

Authors

Professor Deirdre Mccann deirdre.mccann@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Arely Cruz-Santiago

Abstract

Labour datafication – the accelerating quantification of working life encompassing data-use that extracts additional value from workers – is increasingly recognised as a dimension of the future of work. This article proposes a notion of ‘labour/data justice’ to capture both the deterioration of working life at the labour/data nexus and datafied strategies for effective regulation. We examine ‘labour/regulatory datafication,’ focusing on conduits to unacceptable work, and argue that data justice scholarship provides interlinked contributions that are vital to a labour/data justice framework. We identify key components of this framework: a global perspective; the centring of human agency; an interest in the datafied pursuit of labour rights; and methodologies that value the agency of research participants and support collaboration and co-production of knowledge.

Citation

McCann, D., & Cruz-Santiago, A. (2022). Labour/Data Justice: A New Framework For Labour/Regulatory Datafication. Journal of Law and Society, 49(4), 658-680. https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12392

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 29, 2022
Online Publication Date	Nov 25, 2022
Publication Date	2022-12
Deposit Date	Jul 6, 2022
Publicly Available Date	Mar 27, 2023
Journal	Journal of Law and Society
Print ISSN	0263-323X
Electronic ISSN	1467-6478
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	49
Issue	4
Pages	658-680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12392

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