“Pode mandar subir”: a precarização do trabalho de entregadoras a partir do recorte de gênero em Campina Grande-PB.

Abstract

The research theme of the Master's Dissertation in Social Sciences is focused on the reconfigurations of the contemporary labor market, in the delivery branch, due to the emergence of this type of service in the tertiary sector in the current conjuncture, in which the aforementioned activity was not observed in the past, well not as seen in recent years. With the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic, and all the impacts caused by it in Brazil, here generalized as of March 2020, significant changes are observed in the world of work, among which the recurrent use of people responsible for delivery of various goods. Thus, in this research, we focus on the dynamics of reformulation of the notion of work – from a tendency to precariousness – in the mentioned sector, from our own personal experience as a delivery person and the face-to-face dialogue as well as through social network (WhatsApp) with another ten couriers – totalizing eleven women consulted. So, we highlight and focus on those workers who tend not to connect to the major digital platforms in this field (Uber Eats, iFood, James Delivery, 99 Food, Rappi, etc.), from a gender and generation perspective, in their conditioning potential of working positions. The central hypothesis of this Master's research is that the mentioned variables serve as hierarchical classifiers in the labor segment used for the study. We start from the assumption that a precariousness of work observed in the current neoliberal world leads us to a discussion about how the social constructions of gender and age affect social interactions in general and specifically for the sphere of work.