As Scholz explains in his Ted Talk, “a ‘platform cooperative’ means that the workers, the house cleaners, are sharing the governance and the ownership of this platform. They are deciding on wages, they are deciding on benefits, they are deciding what customers are charged.” This allows workers to earn a living wage, build business and tech skills, and have real control over their business.
We would like to thank Trebor Scholz for lifting up this work to a larger audience, and, like Scholz, we are are optimistic that economic models that promote equity will continue to spread throughout the world.
If you would like to learn more about the role platform co-ops will play going forward, the entire Ted Talk is linked to the picture below.