Stratified survival, unified voice: the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Venezuelan migrant workers in Argentina’s gig economy

MARIYA IVANCHEVA; JESICA PLA

Padua

Conferencia; 40th International Labour Process Conference; 2022

University of Padua

The project/s➔ Key questions◆ how do university-educated “high-skilled” Venezuelans in “low-skilled” positionsexperience (in)visibility & ambivalent status of essential work (gig/platform econ)?◆ does being on the “frontline” change or reinforce perception of “skill”/ “value” /“freedom” and of social class in relation to work and political participation?◆ (how) do they negotiate / akme sense of/ reconcile work precarity / (in)flexibility withthe (downward) social mobility they experienced upon migration?➔ Methods & Samples◆ 20 qualitative interviews with Venezuelan migrants in Buenos Aires◆ Online survey with 229 Vzlan migrants, working during the pandemic in BsAs