Uberização e motoristas de aplicativo no transporte de pessoas: os impactos no cotidiano dos trabalhadores

Abstract

This research aims to understand the perceptions of participants experiencing the reality of the "uberization" of work and its impacts on app-based drivers in passenger transportation. Digital platforms present themselves as a technological market strategy that connects drivers and users, mystifying the work relationship while simultaneously making labor laws and working hours more flexible, contributing to the individualization of labor relations and the suppression of rights. Drivers, in exchange for apparent freedom in the work relationship, become hostages to targets and algorithms, with low pay, long hours, instability, and penalties. The study adopts an exploratory and descriptive approach, using bibliographic and qualitative research, as well as field research with a randomly selected group of 6 drivers. A pre-prepared questionnaire will be used to support the analysis of perceptions of labor relations with "uberization" among drivers. Participants include men and women. The municipality will not be identified to preserve the anonymity of the participants, but it is a city with a population of less than 900,000 inhabitants in southwestern Brazil, according to the IBGE census