Abstract
The job insecurity is a phenomenon with dynamics markedly accentuated since the 1970s, in response to the structural crisis of capital. With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, its dimensions gained visibility, worsening, in particular, the issue of workers’ health. Therefore, the research that originated this article aimed to analyze aspects of the relationship between insecurity and pandemic, taking the Brazilian reality as an analytical feature. It is a theoretical research, carried out based on official documents and news published on the internet, submitted to a historical materialist analysis. We found that all dimensions of precarious work establish reciprocal determination with the pandemic. The simulacrum of combating unemployment through precariousness, the home office and uberization are components that stand out in the pandemic situation, including provoking workers’ reactions against this process, see demonstrations during the pandemic. Because of this, these aspects should be the object of special attention by science and, above all, by the struggles of the working class, with even greater emphasis after the pandemic.
coronavirus; pandemics; precarious work; collective health; worker’s health