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Sabah Gurmat
No Bathrooms, No Safety, No Formalisation: For India’s Women Gig-workers, Companies’ Promises Ring Hollow
19 Oct 2021
While the problems faced by gig workers in India have been under scrutiny of late, the specific concerns of female gig workers have not received as much attention.
Ronak Chhabra
Cabbies Taken For a Ride After Ola ‘Sells’ Leased Vehicles, Union Alleges
04 Oct 2021
The drivers’ union has claimed that the company had started selling these vehicles for which lakhs were paid as daily payments up till now. Ola, however, is yet to confirm this.
Sruti MD
‘No Ola or Uber, Govt Must Take Over’: Say Tamil Nadu Autorickshaw Drivers
29 Jul 2021
The lack of passengers during the pandemic, hike in fuel prices and metre rates unrevised since 2013 have pushed auto-rickshaw drivers to a difficult position.
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.