Research On The Labor Process And Labor Capital Relationship Of Gig Economy Under Algorithmic Control

With the support of Internet technologies such as big data and algorithmic technology,the part-time job economy,as a new employment model,has attracted the participation of many flexible employees with a flexible and autonomous work mode,and its scale and influence are constantly expanding.However,the cost of seemingly flexible and autonomous job choices is that workers must accept the status of "independent contractors" and fall into a work environment where they cannot enjoy due social security,work intensity increases,and stability deteriorates.Based on the labor process theory,this article constructs an analysis path of labor process,labor relations,and capital accumulation.Technological progress has led to the digitization of core means of production,and the root of control over labor processes has shifted from material means of production to digital means of production.The platform relies on ownership of core production materials such as data and algorithmic technology,and utilizes algorithmic technology to instantly and covertly control the labor process from both mandatory and consensual aspects.The dynamic evolution of labor processes has taken on a new form,which has brought new features to the labor capital relationship embedded in the labor process.The main manifestations are: the transformation of traditional employment relations into market transaction relations,the dual imbalance between labor capital relations and rights,and the simultaneous weakening of formal subordination and strengthening of actual subordination.Changes in labor relations,as a manifestation of changes in the labor process,are the foundation of the capital accumulation system.Digital capital shapes the part-time economy into a new model of capital elastic accumulation by extending labor hours,broadening workplaces,and reintroducing migrant labor into the capital orbit.Like industrial capital and financial capital,digital capital,while repairing the capital accumulation model,also contains new contradictions and conflicts,mainly manifested in: accelerating the capital monopoly pattern,exacerbating the contradiction of capital accumulation surplus,and intensifying the contradiction between labor and capital relations.Based on the above analysis,the fundamental reason for the shift in control over the labor process in the part-time economy lies in the development of digital technology,which relies on the control of algorithmic technology to upgrade the capital control mechanism.While repairing the pattern of capital accumulation,the part-time economy has not changed the labor-capital relationship between strong capital and weak labor,but has further intensified the labor-capital conflict.This means that as the adjustment of capitalist production relations,the part-time work economy does not change the essence of the capitalist production mode of capital occupying the surplus value of workers,but will generate new contradictions at a higher level.Therefore,this article believes that reasonable regulation and guidance should be provided for the gig economy,and measures such as refining labor relationship recognition standards,establishing algorithmic and regulatory mechanisms,and strengthening collaborative governance among multiple entities should be taken to comprehensively protect the legitimate rights and interests of gig workers and promote the high-quality development of China’s gig economy.