Precarity and Subcontracting Relationships: The Case of Parcel Delivery Drivers in France
以法国巴黎地区包裹配送司机为例，研究企业间关系如何影响工人就业不稳定性，发现企业依赖程度和分包链位置是关键因素。
This article seeks to show, taking the example of delivery drivers, how inter-firm relations affect worker precarity. It is based on an in-depth field study carried out in the Paris region and backed up by the statistical analysis of national surveys. It focuses in particular on the role played by firms’ dependence in the precarity of work and employment, considering that both dependence and precarity should be considered ubiquitous. It then seeks to measure this dependence and highlight the factors that may increase it as the relative size of the firms, the chain of dependence and the position of firms in this chain. In this way, it sets out to show why the contractual status of employees can no longer provide job security in the context of unbalanced subcontracting relationships.