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Ronak Chhabra
On May Day, Telangana Drivers Boycott Ola, Uber, Demand Compensation for Covid Infection
01 May 2021
Devastated by the second wave of COVID-19, the drivers demanded the cab aggregators to fix the fare rate and provide a fixed daily compensation to those infected.
Ronak Chhabra
Soaring Fuel Prices Compound App-Based Workers’ Woes
02 Mar 2021
In protest, a Delhi-based union representing drivers will lead a “token march” on March 5.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Fuel Price Rise: ‘Govt. Unbothered by Crisis Ridden Transport Sector’
20 Feb 2021
The transport workers’ unions have been demanding that the government restores duties and taxes on fuel as of March 1, 2020.
Ronak Chhabra
Experts Call for Legal Framework Before Social Security for App-Based Workers
30 Oct 2020
The workers have remained in a regulatory grey zone for far too long; it is a matter of worry now as the gig economy is being embraced as the future of work.
PTI
Over 2 Lakh Ola, Uber Drivers Go on Strike in Delhi-NCR
01 Sep 2020
The striking cab drivers are to assemble at Mandi House on September 1 to press for their demands, including fare hike and extension of time for loan repayment in view of the pandemic.
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.
Ronak Chhabra
Delhi: App-based Workers Get Short Shrift in Gig Companies’ Charity Stunt
16 Jun 2020
This is in addition to the mass layoffs in the wake of virus-triggered lockdown that has already spurred a bloodbath within the country's tech sector.
Newsclick Report
Service Aggregators Uber, Ola, Swiggy and Zomato Continue to See Layoffs
28 May 2020
On the other hand, Zomato and Swiggy have taken up grocery delivery and home delivery of alcohol.
PTI/NewsClick Report
COVID-19 Hits Taxi-aggregator, Ola to Lay Off 1,400 Employees
20 May 2020
‘We had all hoped in the beginning that this would be a short-lived crisis and that its impact would be temporary,’ said Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal in an email to their employees.
Ronak Chhabra
Profit Above All Else: Ola, Paytm Next in Line to Dismiss Staff
30 Nov 2019
A pattern can be established between both the companies trimming their staff – aiming for IPO in the coming years, focus on increasing profits and a common foreign investor changing its strategy.