Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Germany: Google open to talks with IG Metall and YouTubers over the working conditions of the latter Germany: Google open to talks with IG Metall and YouTubers over the working conditions of the latter In July of this year, the FairTube campaign was launched, through a partnership between IG Metall, the largest sector trade union in Europe, and the Youtubers Union, a Facebook group made up of some 23,000 people who live either partially or entirely from revenue earned from posting videos on YouTube. IG Metall, which has been keenly interested in the new worlds of work created by the ‘platform economy’, has asked the German arm of Google, which owns YouTube, to hold talks about the status of YouTubers, their working conditions and pay. In what has come as a surprise move, Google agreed to the request on 23 August. Robert Fuß, a member of IG Metall’s board and head of the FairTube project, spoke to Planet Labor in greater detail about the initiative. Through . Published on 28 August 2019 à 14h41 - Update on 28 August 2019 à 14h41 Resources The FairTube alliance, how and why. “The idea behind the FairTube initiative was born in September 2018, after a meeting between Jörg Sprave, who created the public Facebook group Youtubers Union, and our colleague Michael Six Silbermann, who co-developed this initiative and had previously set up Turkopticon, a rating platform open to all workers on Mechanical Turk, Amazon’s crowdsourcing platform,” Robert Fuß explains. “Mr Sprave told us about the many problems faced by YouTubers –… This article is for subscribers only Already have an account? Log in You are not registered yet ? Sign up for a free trialfree for 15 days Online services : studies, analyses, databases and much more Daily Briefing : latest news digest Weekly letters Last name First name Email address Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageCommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications What type of employment status will platform workers hold? Planet Labor updates its comparison of several countries’ regulatory responses CSR: support for caregiving employees, a new challenge for companies Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
