(Dis)embeddedness and (de)commodification: COVID-19, Uber, and the unravelling logics of the gig economy
Katta, Srujana ; Badger, Adam ; Graham, Mark ; Howson, Kelle ; Ustek-Spilda, Funda ; Bertolini, Alessio
2020
Early View
epidemic disease ; employment ; digital economy ; working conditions
Economics
https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820620934942
English
Bibliogr.
"The ride-hailing giant Uber has long circumvented labour regulations and commodified its drivers' labour by existing at the conjuncture of multiple geographies – being simultaneously embedded and disembedded from the places where it operates. In this commentary, we argue that the COVID-19 pandemic has destabilised Uber's ‘conjunctural' existence and forced the company to become more embedded in the locations where it operates, bringing about a – perhaps temporary – turn towards the decommodification of its drivers' labour."
Digital
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