UNDERSTANDING PLATFORM WORK: class composition and migration in the case of brazilian delivery workers in the United Kingdom
o caso dos entregadores brasileiros no Reino Unido
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https://doi.org/10.9771/ccrh.v35i0.49104Keywords:
Delivery Workers, Platform Workers, United Kingdom, Class Composition, MigrationAbstract
Cet article examine comment la migration affecte
la composition de classe des livreurs brésiliens au
Royaume-Uni. Bien que certaines études indiquent
que la migration joue un rôle important dans le
travail de plateforme dans le Nord global, on sait
peut de choses sur les manières spécifiques dont
cela se produit. Cette étude cherche à montrer
comment la migration est un aspect constitutif
de ce secteurs dan le Nord global et comment
le statut de migrant génère des expériences et
des communautés partagées, traversant tous les
aspects de ladite industrie, de l’organisation du
travail aux expériences de vie, et même aux formes
collectives de résistance et d’organisation. Pour
ce faire, elle s’appuie sur la théorie marxiste de la
composition des classes et sur la migration pour
comprendre la formation de ce nouveau secteur
de la classe ouvrière et ses processus de lutte et de
résistance. Les données ont été collectées à partir
de deux études ethnographiques à long terme sur
l’organisation collective des livreurs à Londres, et
de 13 entretiens approfondis.
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