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Back to EpisodesGig Work is Not a Novelty in Brazil w/ Rafael Grohmann
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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.
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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.