In France, Gig Workers Exploit Fellow Workers

PARIS — Aymen Arfaoui strapped on a plastic Uber Eats bag and checked his cellphone for the fastest bicycle route before pedaling into the stream of cars circling the Place de la République. Mr. Arfaoui has no working papers, and he would pocket a little more than half that day’s earnings. The Parisian courier had outsourced the job illicitly to Mr. Arfaoui, who had been living in an abandoned car for a month after arriving from Tunisia.

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