{"id":33746,"date":"2026-10-16T16:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/?p=33746"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:58:07","slug":"ilo-convention-193-a-global-floor-for-platform-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/ilo-convention-193-a-global-floor-for-platform-work\/","title":{"rendered":"ILO Convention 193: a global floor for platform work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Latin America and the Caribbean, platform work is growing in a labour market already marked by informality. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undp.org\/latin-america\/publications\/diversification-employment-latin-america-and-caribbean-gig-employment-and-implications-economic-resilience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNDP study<\/a> (Mariana Viollaz, 2025) defines <em>gig<\/em> work as short-term work, paid per task and often facilitated by digital platforms. These jobs offer flexibility and income, and serve as a gateway to the labour market for young people and migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data also show its precarious side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>74% of <em>gig<\/em> workers in the region use platforms as a secondary source of income.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only between 27% and 65% contribute to retirement and pension systems, and in many cases they do so out of their own pocket.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The lack of regulatory frameworks leaves these workers without adequate social protection, reproducing pre-existing patterns of informality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 12 June 2026, the 114th International Labour Conference adopted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/resource\/conference-paper\/ilc\/ilc114\/final-text-convention-concerning-decent-work-platform-economy-adoption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Convention 193 concerning decent work in the platform economy<\/a>: the first binding international standard on app-mediated work. For TEDIC, it is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/areas-de-trabajo\/trabajo-y-economia-digital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">platform economy<\/a> agenda we have been following from Paraguay for more than five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background: five years of watching the platform economy from Paraguay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2021, TEDIC has been a member of the action-research network <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.work\/en\/fw\/homepage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairwork<\/a>, which assesses working conditions on digital platforms against five principles: fair pay, conditions, contracts, management and representation. In 2022 we published the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Fairwork-Paraguay-Report-2022-ES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first Fairwork Paraguay report<\/a>, which measured for the first time the working conditions on ride-hailing and delivery apps in the country, and revealed levels of precariousness that called for urgent improvements by the platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That knowledge allowed us to influence national legislative debates, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/sobreleydeplataformas_parte1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill regulating work on mobility and delivery platforms<\/a>. It also informed our participation in the ILO consultation stage: in 2025, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/oitplataformas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alliance with the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT)<\/a>, the platform women workers\u2019 collective Ku\u00f1a P\u00f3pe and the National Union of Motorcycle Workers (SINACTRAM), we jointly answered the ILO questionnaire, with the support of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the ILAW network. There, we argued that the Conference should adopt a Convention supplemented by a Recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/fairwork-latam-launches-a-new-research-cycle-on-platform-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asunci\u00f3n hosted the Fairwork regional meeting<\/a>, which brought together researchers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, the United Kingdom and Germany, with the support of the Internet Society Foundation. There we launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Declaracion-Asuncion-Fairwork.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asunci\u00f3n Declaration on platform work in Latin America<\/a>, a regionally grounded contribution to the ILO debate on occupational safety and health, algorithmic transparency, dispute resolution, personal data protection and fair competition. It was signed by organizations, unions, cooperatives and worker groups from eight countries in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January 2026, the Fairwork network in Latin America <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/economia-de-plataformas-bajo-la-lupa-red-de-investigadores-fairwork-presenta-nuevos-reportes-enfocados-en-latinoamerica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">simultaneously released its 2025 reports<\/a>: 52 platforms assessed in eight countries based on 290 interviews, with a focus on labour informality and digital sovereignty. The collective conclusion was clear: the vast majority of platforms scored very low, and much remains to be done before platform work in the region can be considered fair. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/lanzamiento-informe-fairwork-paraguay-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairwork Paraguay 2025 report<\/a> was part of that cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, in April 2026 we published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/envisioning-the-future-of-work-experiences-and-perspectives-from-paraguays-digital-periphery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Envisioning the future of work<\/a>, a comparative study coordinated by Universidad Adolfo Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez (Chile). In Paraguay we interviewed 27 delivery, ride-hailing and remote \u201ccloud\u201d workers. Their testimonies reveal discrimination in delivery work, a feeling of being treated like machines, a constant search for community and, at the same time, genuine appreciation for flexibility and autonomy. All this happens in an ecosystem that, according to the ILO itself, already had more than 40 platforms operating in the country, and for which neither the Ministry of Labour (MTESS) nor the National Statistics Institute (INE) produces official statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the 114th Conference adopted<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convention 193 is the result of a double-discussion procedure that ran from 2023 to 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2023.<\/strong> The ILO Governing Body placed decent work in the platform economy on the Conference agenda.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2024\u20132025.<\/strong> The ILO sent a questionnaire to its constituents (governments, employers and unions). From Paraguay, we answered it together with CUT, Ku\u00f1a P\u00f3pe and SINACTRAM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>June 2025, 113th Conference.<\/strong> First discussion in Geneva. On 3 June, 33 civil society organizations, unions and human rights groups, including TEDIC, Human Rights Watch, Privacy International, the ITUC and ILAW, issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2025\/06\/03\/ilo-adopt-binding-treaty-protect-gig-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint declaration<\/a> calling for a binding treaty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>June 2026, 114th Conference.<\/strong> Second discussion, approval of the text in committee (11 June) and adoption in plenary (12 June).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/resource\/conference-paper\/ilc\/ilc114\/final-text-convention-concerning-decent-work-platform-economy-adoption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final text of the Convention<\/a> was approved by the standard-setting committee on 11 June 2026 and adopted by the plenary the following day, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2026\/06\/12\/ilo-adopts-landmark-treaty-on-gig-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">406 votes in favour, 8 against and 36 abstentions<\/a>. Among those voting in favour were Mexico and Spain; among those abstaining, Argentina and Chile. It has 33 articles organized into 20 sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its scope is broad: it applies to all digital labour platforms and to everyone who works through them, in the formal or informal economy, whether in a physical location (transport, delivery, care) or online (data labelling, content moderation, translation). The definition of a digital platform worker applies regardless of how their employment status is classified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Topic<\/th><th>What the Convention establishes<\/th><th>Article<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Fundamental rights<\/td><td>Freedom of association and collective bargaining, elimination of forced and child labour, non-discrimination and a safe working environment, for all workers<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Safety and health<\/td><td>Accident prevention and the right to remove oneself from a situation of serious danger without reprisals<\/td><td>4\u20135<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Violence and harassment<\/td><td>Protection also against online violence and violence by third parties, such as customers<\/td><td>6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Formalization<\/td><td>Measures to facilitate it, including the registration of self-employed workers<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Classification<\/td><td>Correct classification based on the facts of how the work is performed and paid<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Remuneration<\/td><td>Timely and full payment; minimum wage and reimbursement of expenses for those in an employment relationship; States must consider extending this to other workers<\/td><td>10\u201311<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Social security<\/td><td>Access on terms no less favourable than for other workers with the same classification<\/td><td>12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Automated systems<\/td><td>Prior information on algorithms that monitor, evaluate or make decisions; written explanation of significant decisions, and review with human involvement of non-payment, suspensions or deactivations<\/td><td>13\u201315<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Personal data<\/td><td>Use only for legitimate purposes; right of access, rectification and erasure<\/td><td>16<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Deactivation<\/td><td>Prohibition of suspending or deactivating accounts on discriminatory or unlawful grounds<\/td><td>17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Migrants and refugees<\/td><td>Prevention of abuse and adequate protection<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Disputes and remedies<\/td><td>Safe, fair and effective dispute resolution mechanisms<\/td><td>21<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Intermediaries<\/td><td>Allocation of responsibilities between platforms and intermediaries<\/td><td>24<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Convention will enter into force twelve months after two member States ratify it, and will bind only the countries that do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengths and gaps: a floor, not a ceiling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convention 193 closes one debate and opens another: the question is no longer whether platform work should be regulated, but how. This is how researcher P\u00eda Garavaglia frames it in her series <a href=\"https:\/\/piagara.substack.com\/p\/convention-193-dispatch-1-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Convention 193 Dispatch<\/a>, where she stresses that the presence of an app does not remove the need for labour rights. During the negotiations, employers and some governments insisted on flexibility and on less prescriptive rules; unions and most governments argued that flexibility cannot mean fewer rights. That tension runs through the final text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the advances, we especially welcome the fact that the Convention is the first binding global instrument to regulate how technology is used to manage workers and what rights they have over their data. It is a direct recognition of what we put forward in the Asunci\u00f3n Declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the text leaves several battles open:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No presumption of employment.<\/strong> The Convention requires correct classification but does not presume an employment relationship. Several protections, such as the minimum wage, remain tied to classification.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open-ended language on algorithmic management.<\/strong> As <a href=\"https:\/\/privacyinternational.org\/advocacy\/5864\/what-will-new-convention-decent-work-platform-economy-mean-workers-and-whats-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy International<\/a> points out, States are only required to adopt \u201cappropriate measures\u201d; written explanations are limited to \u201csignificant\u201d decisions, and human review must be \u201cappropriate\u201d, without any of these terms being defined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Personal data with wide margins.<\/strong> Processing is limited to \u201clegitimate\u201d purposes, a concept each country will have to specify to prevent data from being reused for other ends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trade secrets.<\/strong> Article 24(4) requires States to protect platforms\u2019 commercially sensitive information, which could be used to limit algorithmic transparency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deactivation without full just cause.<\/strong> Discriminatory or unlawful deactivations are prohibited, but no robust just-cause regime is established.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Added to this is a significant absence: the Recommendation that was meant to accompany the Convention, with more detailed guidance on transparency, explainability and implementation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2026\/06\/12\/ilo-adopts-landmark-treaty-on-gig-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could not be finalized for lack of time<\/a>. At TEDIC, as in our response to the ILO questionnaire, we maintain that the Recommendation must return to the agenda of a future Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gender and violence: a dimension that cannot be left for later<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When people talk about platform work, the usual image is that of a man on a motorbike, but that image is incomplete. In <a href=\"https:\/\/botpopuli.net\/won-in-the-streets-signed-in-geneva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Latin American reading of the Convention<\/a> published in Bot Populi, Kruskaya Hidalgo Cordero (Observatorio de Plataformas) and Ang\u00e9lica Salgado Delgadillo (CUT Chile) point out that women are concentrated in the least visible sectors: app-mediated domestic and care work, online retail, data labelling and microtasks. These sectors have lower pay, more informality, weaker organization and greater exposure to harassment and violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authors argue that platforms did not create the gender hierarchy of work; they inherited it and digitized it. Flexibility appeals above all to those who must balance paid work with unpaid care, who are mostly women. That is why well-intentioned regulations can widen gaps if they do not address them head-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Convention 193 takes up part of this agenda, driven since 2023 by women workers and trade unionists in the region:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Violence and harassment (Article 6).<\/strong> It requires States to protect all platform workers from violence and harassment, including online and from third parties such as customers or passengers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Algorithmic non-discrimination (Articles 3 and 14).<\/strong> Automated systems must be used in line with the principle of non-discrimination. This opens the door to challenging ratings, task allocation or pricing that structurally disadvantage women.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deactivations (Article 17).<\/strong> It prohibits suspending or deactivating accounts on discriminatory grounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Paraguay: Ku\u00f1a P\u00f3pe and unanswered violence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Paraguay, this reality has a name. Our study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/VGFT-personas-sindicalizadas-ESP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology-facilitated gender-based violence against unionized people in Paraguay<\/a> (TEDIC, 2026) documents that women\u2019s entry into ride-hailing and delivery platforms was marked by multiple reports of harassment, death threats and attempted rape by those requesting the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February 2024, in the face of repeated attempted rapes of women drivers and the lack of an effective response from one platform, a group of women workers organized as <strong>Ku\u00f1a P\u00f3pe<\/strong> (\u201cin women\u2019s hands\u201d, in Guaran\u00ed) to protect themselves and seek justice. The case set a precedent for the debate on regulating the sector and showed the need to organize specifically against gender-based violence in platform work. Ku\u00f1a P\u00f3pe later became one of the organizations with which we answered the ILO questionnaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same study warns of a regulatory gap: Paraguay has not yet ratified ILO Convention 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work, which expressly recognizes abuse through digital technologies. Article 6 of Convention 193 reinforces that same protection for the platform sector, but its effectiveness will depend on both instruments being read and applied together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Documental Ku\u00f1a Pope\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e1TjIuOObfs?start=2&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After Geneva: Avil\u00e9s, Asunci\u00f3n and back to the ILO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a> Avil\u00e9s: the Ibero-American Declaration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three weeks after Geneva, the issue reached the regional agenda. On 2 July 2026, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dplnews.com\/iberoamerica-acuerda-compromisos-comunes-en-materia-laboral-cuidados-ia-plataformas-y-economia-social-y-solidaria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6th Ibero-American Ministerial Conference on Labour<\/a>, held in Avil\u00e9s (Spain) with the Ibero-American Social Security Organization (OISS) and the support of SEGIB, signed the Avil\u00e9s Declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On platforms and artificial intelligence, Ibero-American countries committed to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Progressively develop regulatory frameworks for digital labour platforms that promote decent work and effectively protect those who work through them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote the safe and responsible use of AI at work, respecting labour rights, personal data protection and non-discrimination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foster transparency and human oversight of the algorithmic systems used to manage work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exchange good practices and strengthen capacities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Declaration will be submitted to the 30th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, scheduled for 4\u20135 November 2026 in Madrid. These commitments are not binding, but they show that the core ideas of Convention 193, such as algorithmic transparency and human oversight, are already part of the regional political consensus. It is a basis that governments, including Paraguay\u2019s, can use to speed up ratification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asunci\u00f3n: the 23rd Ibero-American Congress on Labour Law<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 19 to 21 August 2026, Asunci\u00f3n hosted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/xxiii-congreso-iberoamericano-del-derecho-al-trabajo-y-la-seguridad-social\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23rd Ibero-American Congress on Labour Law and Social Security<\/a>. On 20 August, TEDIC took part in two panels, sharing findings from our research on the platform economy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jazm\u00edn Ruiz D\u00edaz, project coordinator, spoke on the panel \u201cDigital informality in Ibero-America: platforms, forced self-employment and lack of social protection\u201d, about the new forms of informality generated by platforms and the challenges of extending social security to those who work through them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maricel Achucarro, project assistant, took part in the Youth Panel \u201cDigital Work and Social Security in the Algorithmic Era \u2013 Humanizing Innovation\u201d, about the impact of platforms and artificial intelligence on labour rights and possible legislative and institutional responses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geneva again: the 9th Conference of the International Network on Digital Labour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 9 to 11 September 2026, ILO headquarters in Geneva hosted the <a href=\"https:\/\/etradeforall.org\/events\/9th-annual-conference-international-network-digital-labour-indl-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9th Annual Conference of the International Network on Digital Labour (INDL-9)<\/a>, organized by the ILO, DiPLab, ACM SIGCAS and Yale University. Under the theme of artificial intelligence supply chains, it brought together researchers, policymakers and organizations to discuss the human \u2013 often invisible \u2013 labour behind AI: data annotation, content moderation and algorithmic management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme included a session dedicated to data work and territory from the Latin American experience. That this debate is taking place at the ILO itself, just months after the adoption of Convention 193, shows that the discussion now extends beyond delivery and transport to the online work the Convention also covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What about Paraguay? From standard to reality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The adoption of Convention 193 is a victory, but not a guarantee: its real reach will depend on national laws, the courts, collective bargaining and the organization of workers themselves. For Paraguay, TEDIC has identified six priorities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ratify Convention 193.<\/strong> The Executive must submit it to Congress, as the ILO Constitution requires, and open the process to the participation of unions and platform workers\u2019 organizations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ratify Convention 190 on violence and harassment.<\/strong> Together with Article 6 of Convention 193, it is the basis for protecting women platform workers from online and third-party violence, such as that reported by Ku\u00f1a P\u00f3pe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Issue the implementing regulations for the personal data protection law<\/strong>. This robust regulation is a legal tool to defend platform workers against abuse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Produce official statistics.<\/strong> MTESS and INE must measure how many people work on platforms and under what conditions. Today we only have figures from the companies themselves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Define the open-ended terms ambitiously.<\/strong> National legislation must specify what \u201cappropriate measures\u201d, \u201csignificant\u201d decisions and \u201cappropriate\u201d human involvement mean, and ensure that explanations of automated decisions are clear and personalized.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regulate without eliminating what workers value.<\/strong> The testimonies we gathered show that flexibility and autonomy matter; regulation must guarantee basic rights without sacrificing them, and include anti-discrimination policies and spaces for workers to meet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the Fairwork network, we will keep generating evidence, supporting workers\u2019 organizations and taking part in legislative debates. This new international framework gives us a common language to demand something very basic: that no one should lose rights because their work is organized through an app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ILO. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/resource\/conference-paper\/ilc\/ilc114\/final-text-convention-concerning-decent-work-platform-economy-adoption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Final text of the Convention concerning decent work in the platform economy<\/a> (11 June 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human Rights Watch. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2026\/06\/12\/ilo-adopts-landmark-treaty-on-gig-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ILO Adopts Landmark Treaty on Gig Work<\/a> (12 June 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human Rights Watch et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2025\/06\/03\/ilo-adopt-binding-treaty-protect-gig-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ILO: Adopt Binding Treaty to Protect \u2018Gig\u2019 Workers<\/a> (3 June 2025).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Privacy International. <a href=\"https:\/\/privacyinternational.org\/advocacy\/5864\/what-will-new-convention-decent-work-platform-economy-mean-workers-and-whats-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What will the new Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy mean for workers and what&#8217;s next?<\/a> (17 September 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>P\u00eda Garavaglia. <a href=\"https:\/\/piagara.substack.com\/p\/convention-193-dispatch-1-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Convention 193 Dispatch #1<\/a> (25 June 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DPL News \/ SEGIB. <a href=\"https:\/\/dplnews.com\/iberoamerica-acuerda-compromisos-comunes-en-materia-laboral-cuidados-ia-plataformas-y-economia-social-y-solidaria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iberoam\u00e9rica acuerda compromisos comunes en materia laboral, cuidados, IA, plataformas y Econom\u00eda Social y Solidaria<\/a> (in Spanish; 2 July 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UNDP. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undp.org\/latin-america\/publications\/diversification-employment-latin-america-and-caribbean-gig-employment-and-implications-economic-resilience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diversification of Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Gig Employment and Implications for Economic Resilience<\/a> (2025).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kruskaya Hidalgo Cordero and Ang\u00e9lica Salgado Delgadillo. <a href=\"https:\/\/botpopuli.net\/won-in-the-streets-signed-in-geneva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Won in the Streets, Signed in Geneva<\/a> (Bot Populi, 30 June 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ILO \/ eTrade for all. <a href=\"https:\/\/etradeforall.org\/events\/9th-annual-conference-international-network-digital-labour-indl-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9th Annual Conference of the International Network on Digital Labour (INDL-9)<\/a> (9\u201311 September 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TEDIC. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/VGFT-personas-sindicalizadas-ESP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology-facilitated gender-based violence against unionized people in Paraguay<\/a> (in Spanish; 2026); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/xxiii-congreso-iberoamericano-del-derecho-al-trabajo-y-la-seguridad-social\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23rd Ibero-American Congress on Labour Law and Social Security<\/a> (in Spanish; 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TEDIC. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/the-struggle-for-a-fairer-platform-economy-in-paraguay-and-latin-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The struggle for a fairer platform economy in Paraguay and Latin America<\/a> (2025); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/fairwork-latam-launches-a-new-research-cycle-on-platform-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairwork LATAM launches a new research cycle on platform work<\/a> (2025); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/economia-de-plataformas-bajo-la-lupa-red-de-investigadores-fairwork-presenta-nuevos-reportes-enfocados-en-latinoamerica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Platform economy under the microscope<\/a> (2026); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/envisioning-the-future-of-work-experiences-and-perspectives-from-paraguays-digital-periphery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Envisioning the future of work<\/a> (2026).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Latin America and the Caribbean, platform work is growing in a labour market already marked by informality. 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