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Zomato Delivery Agents Launch Indefinite Strike in Thiruvananthapuram
15 Mar 2022
Thiruvananthapuram: Online food delivery company Zomato's distribution agents in Thiruvananthapuram have started an indefinite strike demanding fair wages and employee benefits.
Sandip Chakraborty
WB: App-Based Delivery Workers Seek Govt Intervention on Employment Conditions
11 Mar 2022
Trade union organisers find workers in the gig economy, unlike those in other sectors, extremely eager to form unions, signalling at their particularly depraved working conditions.
The Leaflet
The Empty Promise of Social Security to Gig Workers
06 Feb 2022
In September last year, the Indian Federation of App Based Transport Workers [IFAT], a workers’ organisation consisting largely of gig transport workers,
Ronak Chhabra
Protest Called Off But Service Professionals at Urban Company Say Fight Will Continue
24 Dec 2021
Aggrieved over the introduction of a new subscription plan which is feared to impact the monthly earnings of the working women, they began a demonstration at gig platform’s Gurugram office earlier…
Newsclick Report
If we Don’t, Nobody Else Will’: How Delivery Workers Organising Themselves in NYC
28 Oct 2021
On one hand, delivery workers are forming night guard teams to maintain vigil in key places where assaults happen, and on the other, they are lobbying with the city council to pass legislation.
Ronak Chhabra
Union Launches Social Media Training for Delivery Workers
12 Aug 2021
The Union, in a press statement on Wednesday, said that the screenshots circulating on Twitter clearly expose the work condition of food delivery workers.
Taroa Zuñiga Silva
Why Delivery Workers Across the Planet Are Rising Up Against Exploitation
29 Apr 2021
Even before the pandemic crisis, food delivery companies have seen their profits skyrocket while their so-called ‘self-employed’ workers suffer rights violations and were banned from unionising.
Nantoo Banerjee
Who Must an Effective Social Security Programme in India Target?
02 Apr 2021
An effective program must focus on individual bank depositors, gig economy workers, and senior citizens.
Ronak Chhabra
Survey Reveals App Drivers’ Misery: ‘60% Report Back Problems, 90% Sleep Deprived’
26 Aug 2020
Nearly half of the surveyed drivers, the study found, are driving customers in their vehicle for close to 20 hours a day.
Newsclick Report
‘Code on Social Security’ Omits Anganwadi, ASHAs as ‘Employees’, Unlike in Earlier Drafts
11 Aug 2020
Noting many omissions and ambiguities, such as on gig workers, the Standing Committee on Labour has called for a relook at the proposed Code, subsuming 9 labour Acts, to make it more ‘dynamic’.