ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses how the prophetic analyses advanced by precarity networks are very pertinent in the context of the platform economy. App-based labor consists mainly of short-term, poorly paid and highly informal arrangements, with no access to benefits and low-security standards. This digital gig economy has brought the language of precarity to the fore. Based on my interdisciplinary project on food delivery platforms in Spain, this chapter points to previous and novel traits of precarity in the platform economy. This national research project called RIDERS emphasizes the multi-layered and ambivalent character of precarity in the app-based delivery sector, identifying a series of uncertainties beyond the sphere of labor itself. The chapter highlights a series of organizing efforts through varied forms of resistance within platforms, including those led by couriers with precarious citizenship statuses.
