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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.
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.
Ronak Chhabra
Hyderabad: Threats, Cash Lures in Swiggy’s Playbook to ‘Break Strike’
26 Sep 2020
Delivery executives’ protests for more wages entered 12th day on Saturday; while company stays away from joint meetings called by the state labour department.
Ronak Chhabra
Striking for More Wages, Swiggy Workers Champion Collective Care
18 Sep 2020
The move is helping delivery executives in staging a sustained campaign for better wages, social protection, and above all, being treated as employees as opposed to independent partners.
Newsclick Team
Swiggy Employees on Strike
22 Aug 2020
Swiggy employees have been on a strike from August 14 to oppose the payment policy of the company.
Ronak Chhabra
Food Delivery Workers Protest Incentive Cuts Despite ‘Recovery’ Projections
20 Aug 2020
Swiggy recently slashed incentives of its delivery partners. The move led to strikes by delivery partners in three major metros – Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad.
Jai Vipra
Reclaiming Non-Personal Data From Big Tech and Monopolies
11 Aug 2020
As data started becoming a resource, it was turned into private property without anyone’s consent. Now it can be afforded more democratic ownership through regulation.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Second Wave of Layoffs Amid Pandemic Leave Gig Workers’ Unions Enraged
28 Jul 2020
Unions of workers under digital platforms are raising voices urging the government to ensure labour rights for gig workers.
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 Team
Indian Gig Workers Are Underpaid and Overworked: No Medical Insurance, No Job Rotation
02 Aug 2019
NewsClick’s field story on Zomato, Swiggy workers looks at how this gig economy is bypassing the employer-employee relationship to earn profits.