The street as a workplace: the situation of delivery drivers via apps

• Autor(a) principal: Angelin, Gabriel Antonio Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Pastore, Giovana de Carvalho, Macedo, Cibele Mariano Vaz de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/3811
• topic: Urban spaces; Labour legislation; Informal work; Work precariousness; Worker's health; Espaços urbanos; Legislação trabalhista; Trabalho informal; Precarização do trabalho; Saúde do trabalhador; Espaces urbains; Législation du travail; Travail informel; Précarisation du travail; Santé du travailleur

The study presented in this article examined the work context of delivery drivers via apps, taking into account the problems aggravated by the covid-19 pandemic such as: the fact that the work is carried out on the street, the scrapping of labour rights and the precariousness of their work, due to the phenomenon of uberization. The results reveal negative impacts on the biopsychosocial health of these delivery drivers, highlighting a drop in remuneration and a greater exposure to the virus. Among these impacts, the increase in psychopathological processes as well as the fear of the imminent possibility of contracting the coronavírus and contaminating their social support network are the most visible. In this way, it is concluded that the covid-19 pandemic combined with policies to scrap labour rights have influence on the biopsychosocial health of these workers, pushing them to the margins of formal employement and intensifying the uberization process related to this informal work model.