Digital platforms, gig economy, precarious employment, and the invisible hand of social class
International Journal of Health Services
2018
48
4
597-600
digital economy ; crowd work ; precarious employment ; working class ; health impact assessment
Employment
https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731418801413
English
Bibliogr.
"Digital platform capitalism, as exemplified by companies like Uber or Lyft has the potential to transform employment and working conditions for an increasing segment of the workforce. Most digital economy workers are exposed to the health damaging precarious employment conditions characteristic of the contemporary working class in high income countries. Just as with Guy Standing or Mike Savage's “precariat” it might appear that digital platform workers are a new social class or that they do not belong to any social class. Yet the class conflict interests (wages, benefits, employment and working conditions, collective action) of digital platform workers are similar to other members of the working class."
Digital
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