Precarization of platforms: The case of couriers in Spain

The platform economy is reorganizing work and altering the way in which we conceive workers. Algorithmic control, political psychologization of work and big data are the new that defines this work scenery. Work on home-delivery platforms, aimed especially at young people, is at the heart of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Karol Morales Muñoz; Universidad de Cadiz, Paula Abal Medina; Universidad Nacional de San Martín, CONICET
Otros Autores: Programa de Becas de Postdoctorado en el Extranjero, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), Chile
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://www.psicoperspectivas.cl/index.php/psicoperspectivas/article/view/1680
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80773
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Sumario:The platform economy is reorganizing work and altering the way in which we conceive workers. Algorithmic control, political psychologization of work and big data are the new that defines this work scenery. Work on home-delivery platforms, aimed especially at young people, is at the heart of the debate on de-laborization, given the conflict that define it in most of countries. Considering a case study in Spain and ethnographic design method, in this article we explore the work and how confrontation emerges. Results show importance of the rise of controls and lack of protection in the organization of work, the development of communicational activism by couriers, and the disputes, also subjective, that are expressed around the issue of labor in the judicialization of the conflict. The results are discussed in light of the trends of neoliberal transformation of work.