Publications

Authors:

Protopapa, Venera

Title:

It’s Strategic! Riders, Unions, and Litigation in Italy

Year:

2024

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LABOUR LAW AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

ISSN of journal:

1875-838X

N° Volume:

40

Number or Folder:

3

Page numbers:

347-371

Keyword:

Strategic Litigation, Platform Work, Unions, Lawyers, Repertoires of Collective Action, Representation, Legal Framing, Misclassification, Algorithmic Discrimination, Anti-Union Behaviour

Short description of contents:

Recent developments in the gig or platform economy have generated unprecedented interest in strategic litigation, raising important theoretical questions about what qualifies litigation as strategic and what strategic litigation means for collective action. This article draws on the existing debate on strategic litigation and mobilization for riders’ rights to highlight an important dimension of the practice: namely, the intermediary role played by lawyers between what happens in and outside the courts, as they translate social claims into legal ones. It maps litigation efforts, situating them in a wider context of collective action, and takes advantage of the privileged viewpoint that lawyers provide on litigation to address two crucial questions: the ‘why’ question, which concerns the objectives underlying strategic litigation, at least as perceived by lawyers, and the ‘how’ question, which aims to explore the way the strategy is designed and implemented, as well as the relations between lawyers and trade unions in terms of decision-making.

Product ID:

140643

Handle IRIS:

11562/1132186

Last Modified:

August 28, 2024

Bibliographic citation:

Protopapa, Venera, It’s Strategic! Riders, Unions, and Litigation in Italy «INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LABOUR LAW AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS» , vol. 40 , n. 3 , 2024 , pp. 347-371

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