Abstract
The research aims to analyze the work-health relationship of app delivery drivers in Arapiraca/Alagoas/Brazil. This is a qualitative research study based on 10 interviews with application deliverers. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed from the perspective of historical-dialectical materialism. Three categories emerged from the analysis: migration and instability of work; illness and risk of death; and prejudice and mental suffering. The work of app delivery drivers is a new way of expressing the precariousness of work, which converges with other problems typical of urbanization processes and generates instability in various spheres of workers’ lives. This dynamic has repercussions on health, such as the risk of traffic accidents, musculoskeletal problems, and mental health problems.
Keywords:
Migration; Work precarization; Worker’s Health; Work; Uberization