On April 1, Brazilian couriers staged significant protests across 60 cities, demanding improved pay and working conditions. This demonstration marks an escalation of national organisation efforts that began in 2020. The rapid increase in the delivery app workforceâup 979.8% between 2016 and 2021âcoincides with Brazil's post-2008 recession, austerity measures, and a political rightward shift. Despite widespread precarity, the movement's emergence reflects a complex relationship with unions and leftist parties, as many gig workers initially supported Bolsonaro due to their frustrations with the previous Workers' Party government.
The April 1 protests by Brazilian couriers marked a significant escalation in their long-standing calls for better pay and working conditions, demonstrating a shift towards national organisation that began in 2020.
Despite the rapid growth of delivery app workers, which surged by 979.8% from 2016 to 2021, their ramifications exposed deep-seated inequalities and the persistence of precarious work in Brazil's economic landscape.
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