"An urgent finding of this first Fairwork Mexico report was impact platform work has on the physical and mental health of workers. Indeed, in megacities like Mexico City, and in urban environments marked by traffic congestion, pollution and fast-paced city life, workers’ bodies are being reduced to an extension of the algorithm. Almost half of the workers we interviewed for this report reported that working for digital labour platforms affects them physically or mentally." (Editorial)

"According to the National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), there are around 250,000 delivery platform drivers in Mexico, with 80,000 more anticipated to join by 2025. More than 6.8 million people made at least one online food and beverage purchase in 2022.1 These figures highlight the importance of the platform sector in Mexico, in terms of workforce and consumption, and its potential for growth. According to a study on digital platform work in Mexico, one of the main reasons workers join these digital labour platforms is unemployment, and the need to supplement their income to survive. The Fairwork Mexico team analysed nine digital labour platforms by conducting desk research, interviewing 105 platform workers between August and November 2022, and talking to platform managers. The platforms analysed were Uber, Uber Eats, DiDi, DiDi Food, Rappi, Cabify, inDrive, Jokr and Cabify." (Executive summary)