“Breque dos Apps”: Ação e Organização coletiva dos entregadores de plataformas digitais contra a precarização do trabalho

Abstract

This paper seeks to analyze and reflect on the strategies and possibility of action and collective organization of digital delivery platform deliverers in Brazil in their struggle for better job conditions. The precarious living conditions to which workers are subjected in the current context of capitalism in industry 4.0, with the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs), imposes challenges to the collective organization of workers on digital platforms. Therefore, this research involved bibliographic analysis and a contract model. The text is parted in three chapters in addition to the introduction and final considerations. The first chapter sought to present concepts and classifications of digital platforms and how this business model implemented changes in the world of work and increased exploitation of workers. The second part of the text presents the characteristics of the work through digital platforms and analysis of a contract model signed between “partners” and the Ifood delivery platform. Finally, the third part of this work it is about analyzing and reflecting on the strategies and possibilities of action and collective organization of the deliverymen, highlighting the role of the “Breque dos Apps” (Brake of Apps) as an powerfull instrument on the fight against precarious working conditions.