Freelancer’s cooperative Smart develops participative online platform The digitalization of the world of work is advancing, not least as a result of the pandemic; but employees have little influence on it. Smart Coop Austria is taking a different approach: the …
The solidarity economy Smart Cooperative Austria has helped numerous artists, creatives and new self-employed through the first pandemic year, 2020. The returning lockdowns have brought the cultural scene to an almost complete standstill. Coming together of live audiences and experiencing …
Smart was founded in Austria in May 2015, to improve working conditions for people with frequently changing work situations, particularly artists, creatives and new self-employed. A cooperative, we are democratically organized and not-for-profit. Any gains are reinvested in the common …
We proudly welcome our 1.000th Smart user: filmmaker, editor and musician Cordula Thym Cordula Thym not only has two full-length documentary films in her repertoire – verliebt, verzopft, verwegen – Geschichten lesbischer (Un)sichtbarkeit im Wien der 50er und 60er Jahre …
Where is the digitalized world of work heading? What to do in view of the increasing fragmentation of work? How can we counter the erosion of social security? These are the questions we asked ourselves together with ÖGV und University …
Our conference”Rethinking work – cooperative solutions for a future economy” was successfully held last week! Get a first impression in this translated version of our press release: Press release on the conference “Rethinking work” (translated version) We talked about distributive …
