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Kerala To Form Welfare Fund For Gig Workers
10 May 2022
The state government will mediate in disputes regarding wages or termination.
Neelambaran A
TN: Zomato Delivery Partners Protest Exploitation, Demand Assured Pay and Social Welfare Measures
23 Mar 2022
The workers have accused the company of burdening the delivery partners and forcing them into literal slavery.
Abhivad
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…
The Leaflet
SC Agrees to Hear PIL Seeking Social Security Benefits to Gig Workers
14 Dec 2021
The Supreme Court, on Monday, agreed to examine the public interest litigation seeking social security benefits to “gig workers” and “platform workers” engaged by Uber, Ola Cabs, Swiggy and Zomato.
Nilabhra Bhattacharya
Post-pandemic Exploitation of Food Delivery Workers, and the Legal Reforms Needed
15 Oct 2021
Why are gig workers not recognised by three of the four recently passed labour codes?
Ronak Chhabra
Service Professionals Protest Against Gig Firm Over Low Income, Poor Working Conditions
09 Oct 2021
Hundreds of service professionals working as ‘expert beauticians’ with the Urban Company staged a protest on Friday at the Gurugram office of the firm; solidarity for them poured in from across the…
Ronak Chhabra
‘Situation Similar to Migrants, Instruct Centre for Database on App-based Workers’: Union Writes to SC Bench
02 Jul 2021
The gig and platform workers have been overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent second surge in cases has made matters worse for them, Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) said…