A Tailspin for Taxi Drivers: Platform Labor, Deregulations, and a Migrant Occupation

In this article, we investigate Norwegian taxi drivers’ perceptions and experiences of the introduction of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber. We find that taxi drivers are highly critical, but not over technology or TNCs as such. Their critique is directed at government deregulat...

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Autores principales:	Helga Hiim Staalhane, Anders Vassenden
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Publicado:	Aalborg University 2021
Materias:	Employment, Wages, Unemployment & Rehabilitation Gender, Ethnicity, Age and Diversity Labor Market Institutions & Social Partners Organization & Management Labor. Work. Working class HD4801-8943
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:166439cbebe7429d90ffe77e3a4f958f2021-11-20T00:03:30ZA Tailspin for Taxi Drivers: Platform Labor, Deregulations, and a Migrant Occupation2245-0157https://doaj.org/article/166439cbebe7429d90ffe77e3a4f958f2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/article/view/129365https://doaj.org/toc/2245-0157 In this article, we investigate Norwegian taxi drivers’ perceptions and experiences of the introduction of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber. We find that taxi drivers are highly critical, but not over technology or TNCs as such. Their critique is directed at government deregulations of the taxi industry, which paved the way for TNC re-entry. Our findings suggest that, if we are to understand how the platform economy changes work-life and its social consequences, we need to comprehend (1) current digital change in its political context, which in our case pertains notably to deregulations. Equally important (2) is that consequences and struggles are seen in light of the history and social trajectory of the specific occupations affected; a central factor in our case being that the taxi industry has become a typical migrant occupation. Our paper contributes to a more comprehensive picture of structural changes in the digital work-life. Helga Hiim StaalhaneAnders VassendenAalborg UniversityarticleEmployment, Wages, Unemployment & RehabilitationGender, Ethnicity, Age and DiversityLabor Market Institutions & Social PartnersOrganization & ManagementLabor. Work. Working classHD4801-8943ENNordic Journal of Working Life Studies (2021)
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spellingShingle	Employment, Wages, Unemployment & Rehabilitation Gender, Ethnicity, Age and Diversity Labor Market Institutions & Social Partners Organization & Management Labor. Work. Working class HD4801-8943 Helga Hiim Staalhane Anders Vassenden A Tailspin for Taxi Drivers: Platform Labor, Deregulations, and a Migrant Occupation
description	In this article, we investigate Norwegian taxi drivers’ perceptions and experiences of the introduction of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber. We find that taxi drivers are highly critical, but not over technology or TNCs as such. Their critique is directed at government deregulations of the taxi industry, which paved the way for TNC re-entry. Our findings suggest that, if we are to understand how the platform economy changes work-life and its social consequences, we need to comprehend (1) current digital change in its political context, which in our case pertains notably to deregulations. Equally important (2) is that consequences and struggles are seen in light of the history and social trajectory of the specific occupations affected; a central factor in our case being that the taxi industry has become a typical migrant occupation. Our paper contributes to a more comprehensive picture of structural changes in the digital work-life.
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A Tailspin for Taxi Drivers: Platform Labor, Deregulations, and a Migrant Occupation

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