van Doorn Niels, Ferrari Fabian, Graham Mark
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
University of Oxford, UK.
Work Employ Soc. 2023 Aug;37(4):1099-1111. doi: 10.1177/09500170221096581. Epub 2022 Jul 5.
In urban gig economies around the world, platform labour is predominantly migrant labour, yet research on the intersection of the gig economy and labour migration remains scant. Our experience with two action research projects, spanning six cities on four continents, has taught us how platform work impacts the structural vulnerability of migrant workers. This leads us to two claims that should recalibrate the gig economy research agenda. First, we argue that platform labour simultaneously degrades working conditions while offering migrants much-needed opportunities to improve their livelihoods. Second, we contend that the reclassification of gig workers as employees is by itself not sufficient to counter the precarisation of migrant gig work. Instead, we need ambitious policies at the intersection of immigration, social welfare, and employment regulation that push back against the digitally mediated commodification of migrant labour worldwide.
在世界各地的城市零工经济中，平台劳动力主要是移民劳动力，但关于零工经济与劳动力迁移交叉领域的研究仍然很少。我们在横跨四大洲六个城市的两个行动研究项目中的经验，让我们了解了平台工作如何影响移民工人的结构性脆弱性。这使我们提出两项主张，应重新调整零工经济的研究议程。首先，我们认为平台劳动力在降低工作条件的同时，也为移民提供了改善生计的急需机会。其次，我们认为将零工工人重新归类为雇员本身不足以应对移民零工工作的不稳定化。相反，我们需要在移民、社会福利和就业监管交叉领域制定雄心勃勃的政策，以抵制全球范围内数字中介的移民劳动力商品化。
