‘We are not all the same’: the capacity of different groups of food delivery gig workers to build collective and individual power resources

Mendonça, P and Kougiannou, NK ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-3831, 2024. ‘We are not all the same’: the capacity of different groups of food delivery gig workers to build collective and individual power resources. Work, Employment and Society. ISSN 0950-0170

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Abstract

This article explores how various groups of food delivery gig workers create and maintain distinct strategies to build collective and individual power resources, including institutional, associational, structural and mobility power. Drawing on 35 interviews with food delivery couriers, social media data and observations in a British city, this article provides rich empirical evidence on the power resources of groups of gig workers based on their nationality, dependence on gig work and right to work in the UK. It intersects workers’ labour market position and migrant (documented and undocumented) and national border regimes to understand varying levels of agency and power. In doing so, this article comparatively shows that differentiating inclusion and exclusion dynamics are intrinsically related to the capacity of workers to develop collective and individual power-building strategies that can improve their working lives.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Work, Employment and Society
Creators:	Mendonça, P. and Kougiannou, N.K.
Publisher:	Sage
Date:	8 June 2024
ISSN:	0950-0170
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1177/09500170241257437 DOI 1903151 Other
Rights:	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	13 Jun 2024 09:28
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2024 09:28
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51557

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