Regulating Platforms in the Passenger Transport Sector in Portugal and Spain: Different Strategies, Different Coalitions

• Autor(a) principal: Guerreiro,Luis André Carraça
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Marques,Paulo Miguel dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-74352023000100157
• topic: digital platforms; labour policy; labour regulation; passenger transport

Abstract Digital Platform Work (DPW) is part of a new phase of capitalism, in which monopolistic digital platforms use algorithms to mediate labour supply and demand. As DPW grows, the share of atypical workers in the labour market increases and European Union states are pressed to regulate it, but the strategies adopted are different. This is the case with the regulation of DPW in the passenger transport sector approved by the governments of Portugal and Spain. This paper makes a comparative analysis of these case studies based on parliamentary debates and media reports. We argue that the centre-left parties which led the governments in both countries, adopted a distinct regulation strategy because they each have specific conceptions of solidarity.