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Please download your free copy of “Digital Cowboys” which has been introduced by its author Dennis Bouwman during our ICTS inaugural conference in Dublin last week.



Digital Cowboys, Developments in the labour market for self-employed workers is about self-employed work, a concept which much is often discussed but knowledge about these workers is severely lacking.



In 2007 and 2008, UNI’s affiliate FNV Zelfstandigen executed a project, headed by its vie-president Dennis Bouwman, to discover the most important trends in this flexible labour market with a special focus on the ICT sector.



It is evident that there is a proliferation of flexible labour forms, tenders, and employment offices; also, that the training, certification, and terms of employment of self-employed workers are restricted.



In this publication, these trends are described in a clear manner. The implications of these trends and developments for the labour market as a whole, and the strategic agenda for self-employed workers in particular, are analyzed.



Which developments and which initiatives should unions develop in conjunction with the public and private sectors to ensure that the self-employed worker can truly be a self-employed worker? Or should unions simply let the self-employed worker be an entrepreneur and interfere as little as possible? This publication answers these questions.



Above all, Digital Cowboys outlines a framework to support self-employed workers in their entrepreneurship.



UNI global union strongly supports this initiative and will organize a UNI europa ICTS freelance meeting in Luxembourg on October 1^st which will be opened to all sectors represented by UNI europa.