TRANSFORMER OU REMPLACER LES PLATEFORMES NUMÉRIQUES DE LIVRAISON POUR LUTTER CONTRE LES EFFETS NÉGATIFS DE L’UBÉRISATION ?

Abstract

The business models of digital delivery platforms and their social consequences on cycle workers are increasingly criticized. In several European countries, this has conducted to an evolution of the legal framework in order to recognize the employment status to cycle workers, as well as the social protections that are inherent to it. At the same time, voluntary initiatives emerge to make these delivery services more responsible, be it within the existing digital platforms or within new organizations based on an alternative model, such as delivery cooperatives. This article aims at analyzing these initiatives to evaluate whether, to fight against the uberization and the precarious working conditions of cycle workers, it is sufficient to transform the existing platforms or whether they need to be replaced.