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Asymmetric "partners": work and health of app drivers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This paper is the product of an ongoing research's preliminary results with app drivers and aims to discuss how the game of forces has occurred in the relationships established between companies, workers, regulatory bodies, and society. This exploratory qualitative study employed document analy...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2021-12, Vol.26 (12), p.5915-5924
Main Authors: Masson, Letícia Pessoa, Alvarez, Denise, Oliveira, Simone, Teixeira, Márcia, Leal, Samara, Salomão, Gabriela Siqueira, Amaral, Sarah de Paulo do, Christo, Cirlene de Souza
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Summary:This paper is the product of an ongoing research's preliminary results with app drivers and aims to discuss how the game of forces has occurred in the relationships established between companies, workers, regulatory bodies, and society. This exploratory qualitative study employed document analysis, a questionnaire, and semi-structured interviews with drivers linked to associations in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. The analysis was conducted from a tripolar perspective based on the theoretical-methodological framework of Ergology and social life's micro and macroscopic spaces, encompassing the poles referring to human activity, the market, and politics. The results show a background of norms built on this work about the relationship with companies, passengers, and the drivers themselves, besides issues raised from the COVID-19 pandemic. We can conclude that it is necessary not to counteract technological evolution to achieve workers' rights and health. We should recall that no action aimed at ensuring the reconciliation of health, work, and rights will advance without relying on a fruitful and balanced trend between the three poles mentioned.
ISSN:1678-4561
DOI:10.1590/1413-812320212612.14652021