The precarization of Labor Rights from the influences of the Industrial Revolution on delivermen by web apps in Brazil

Abstract

This article aims to approach the theme of the precarization of Labor Law from the influences of the Industrial Revolution on delivery agents by web apps. This reality has occurred due to the lack of regulated labor protection for these deliverymen. In this article, a survey of the history is carried out, dealing with the successive Industrial Revolutions, with emphasis on “Industry 4.0”, which was consolidated by the expansion of technological innovations. Then, the new organization of work with the emergence of digital platforms, which generated the current terminology of Gig Economy, is analyzed. In this scope, it is also discussed the history of the emergence of the concept of "delivery" until reaching the current model, highlighting the delivery of web apps from iFood®, Rappi® and Uber Eats®. At the same time, this text deals with the impacts on labor relations, highlighting the precarization of labor rights, considering that delivery agents through web applications do not have protection regulated in the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT). Finally, a discussion about the need for protective regulation is established, to provoke a reflection on decision-making for the regulation of the work of web apps deliverers.