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Slivers-of-Time working:

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UNIONS

Logos changed

Slivers of Time working for regeneration

& efficiency

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Slivers-of-Time selling is coming over the horizon

Drivers:Drivers:• Technology advancing /

processing costs falling• Pressing need for flexibility

From workers From employers

• Efficiencies of online ordering

Slivers-of-Time can go 2 waysEmployer led Neutral

services

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Employer led Slivers-of-TimeScheduling software, not a

marketplace.

• Workers: controlled by needs of one employer

Or must update multiple systems constantly

have no overview of demand/supply have employment history owned by

employer pay decided by employer

• The biggest employers get all the advantages

• Compare with: big supermarkets and their suppliers

ROLE OF UNIONS:Fighting on pay/conditions against

efficiencies skewed to employer

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Slivers-of-Time with NEMsNeutral marketplaceGrew out of think-tanks: Demos/IPPR:• Anyone sell their Slivers-of-Time• Any vetted employer compete for reliable workers

Benefits for workers:• Far wider choice

Types of work Days/times of work

• Exposure to multiple employers• Set your own pricing• NEMs uses price to reflect worker’s willingness

Benefits for employers• Self selecting pool of workers who choose to

interact with market in this way

POTENTIAL ROLE OF UNIONS:• Be a gateway into a sector (eg standards threshold)

Membership fees built into employer rate• Vet employers

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HISTORY OF NEMs.

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NEMs is finally viable:

ITV: cyber.cafe

1995

1997

1999

1994

1996

1998

Demos

article

Demos workshops/resear

ch

Demos

book

New York

Times

NET BENEFIT Eur / USA

eBay launched

Google launchedMEANWHILE >

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“stealth mode”

2001

2003

2000

2002

2004

Dot.com crash

50% of UK online

Online banking

First company New companyTech documentatio

n

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