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Gig Economy, Austerty and “Uberization” of Labor in Brazil (2014 – 2019)

2020; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO; Volume: 12; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.47456/argumentum.v12i3.28961

2176-9575

Guilherme Nunes Pires, José Paulo Guedes Pinto,

Political Economy and Marxism

The aim of the present paper is to understand the exponential growth of “Uberization” of labor in Brazil by analyzing the economic crisis and the austerity program putted in practice from 2014. The emergence of Gig Economy and the “Uberization” of labor is a global trend in digital age and Brazil has experienced the exponential growth of these type of labor relations in recent years. Millions of Brazilian workers now have their entire income exclusively from digital platforms without labor rights. However, its only possible to understand this process considering the economic crisis and, as a response of it, the austerity program. The offensive of capital over labor as a response of the profitability crisis penalized the working class and provided the rapid growth of the “Uberization” of labor in Brazil and an alternative for the capital accumulation on the other side.