Descaminhos do trabalho sob a perspectiva da uberização: uma análise do trabalho feminino nos aplicativos de transporte no estado da Paraíba

Abstract

One issue has become very worrying given the accelerated transformation in the organization of work in the 21st century. From the advancement of information technologies and the use of transport and service applications, the worsening of precarious work and the loss of labor rights have been promoted, configuring the phenomenon of uberization of work. The insecurity brought by the changes in the world of work has even greater impacts when we consider gender marker. Thus, the general objective of this study is to analyze female work from the use of transport applications in the state of Paraíba. This research is a qualitative and field study carried out with app drivers in the state of Paraíba, namely: Campina Grande and João Pessoa, and with the director of the Association of Private and Individual Transport Drivers - PB (AMPTPI) . The method used for this research was qualitative and analytical. Theoretically contributed to this study, authors such as: Perrot (2020), Tiburi (2020), Saffioti (1976, 2004), Abílio (2017), Antunes (2009 and 2018), Pochamnn (2016), Pinto (2007) and Hirata (2002). Direct interviews were carried out between December 2019 and October 2020. The qualitative analysis of the information obtained was achieved from pre-defined categories such as: profile of drivers, working conditions, freedom and autonomy, gender and exploitation at work. The preliminary results allowed us to identify that the work of drivers who use the applications on virtualplatforms emerges as an alternative to unemployment and in more precarious working conditions for women, considering the sum of activities performed in public and private spheres, as a historical consequence of a structure that legitimizes the exploitation and devaluation of women's work.