AI is often debated as a threat to jobs. For millions of platform workers, automated systems already act as the boss, allocating work, setting pay, monitoring performance, and suspending accounts.
Adopted in June 2026, ILO Convention No. 193 is the first international labor standard dedicated to the platform economy and establishes safeguards on algorithmic management, employment status, freedom of association, and social security.
Drawing on cross-regional evidence, this session will discuss how unregulated platform business models undermine labor rights, shift social security obligations, and weaken contribution financing, and how the World Bank can support ratification and implementation of the Convention 193 through its jobs and digitalization agenda.
The event was moderated by Alex Campbell, Washington Office Director, ITUC
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The event was held in the framework of the Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF) in Bangkok, Thailand on October 14, 2026 during the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG).
The event was jointly organized by Human Rights Watch, Arab Reform Initiative (ARI), Bretton Woods Project, Global Social Justice, Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), Christian Aid, End Austerity Campaign, IT for Change, The Workers’ Observatory, Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER-Uganda), Privacy International, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), Asia Monitor Resource Centre- AMRC and the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF).
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