Gig Work is Not a Novelty in Brazil w/ Rafael Grohmann

Paris Marx is joined by Rafael Grohmann to discuss the state of app-based work in Brazil, organizing by food delivery workers to demand better conditions, and even a recent strike by click farm workers. Rafael Grohmann is a professor at UNISINOS, coordinator at DigiLabour Research Lab, and principal investigator in Brazil of Fairwork Project. Follow Rafael on Twitter at @grohmann_rafael. 🚨 T-shirts are now available! Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon. Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com. Also mentioned in this episode:

• DigiLabour is organizing a PhD symposium on October 27-28. Find out more here • . • Some of the people and work mentioned in this episode: Callum Cant • , Fabian Ferrari and Mark Graham • , Noopur Raval • , Rosana Pinheiro Machado • , Cheryll Soriano and Jason Cabañes • , and Wendy Brown • . • DigiLabour is looking into worker-owned platforms • in Brazil. • Vice wrote about gig work organizing • in Latin America and talked a lot about the Anti-fascist deliverers. • Rafael and his colleagues also looked at political struggle around gig work • and the importance of communication.

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