Low freight rates, unpaid working time and immigration rules can leave some drivers with little room to push back against difficult working conditions.

In advanced capitalist countries, the seamless circulation of goods depends more than ever on the labour of migrant truck drivers. The trucking industry has und...

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Base pay rose as intended, but the drivers’ total compensation, including tips, didn’t increase.

Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Y a pas deux matins pareils : Les tempêtes de neige sont un dilemme pour les livreurs

Uber and DoorDash have cost workers half a million dollars in lost tips, the Mamdani administration charged.

Écoutez l'entrevue avec Émile Baril, chercheur postdoctoral à l'Institut de recherche sur les migrations et la société à l'Université Concordia.

Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Le 15-18 : La précarité économique des personnes qui travaillent en livraison : Émile Baril

Ces applications sont basées sur «une précarité algorithmique», selon une étude de l’Université Concordia.

Join Maristella Cacciapaglia and Émile Baril for a conversation on migrant food-delivery work in Italy and Canada, exploring precarity, platform economies, and everyday strategies of agency.

Food delivery apps have grown exponentially. As researchers show, this growth depends on the cheap labour of young and immigrant workers.

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The trucking industry contributes significantly to the Canadian economy. In 2024, transportation accounted for 4.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), with 46 per cent of goods moved by trucks. ...

“I just feel like I am on an island by myself a lot”: How gig working leaves nurses less equipped to care for patients.

For six weeks, I hustled for orders and made a shockingly low wage. Uber says my experience was 'atypical' — but workers I spoke to say differently.

Platform food delivery workers have been under much scrutiny over the last couple of years. Undocumented riders, and their recent strikes and protests in France, have not received as much attention a...