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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.
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.
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.
Peoples Dispatch
US Workers Demand Effective Paid Sick Leave Policies to Deal with Coronavirus Pandemic
16 Mar 2020
As the Coronavirus pandemic is raging in the US, only 15% of the fast food workers have paid leaves left, leaving over 32 million workers in a difficult situation.
PTI
Mumbai Cab Driver's Act, Language Reflect Country's Situation: Poet-Activist
07 Feb 2020
Bappadittya Sarkar, from Jaipur, said he would not file a complaint against the Uber driver as it may “ruin his career and life.”
Amit Gupta and Vidhi Goel
Should Competition Commission Seize Online Discounts?
03 Nov 2019
Amazon and Flipkart are just two in the long list of e-commerce websites selling everything and anything under the sun and offering discounts to attract consumers.
Newsclick Team
Role of Capital and Labour in the Digital Economy
26 Sep 2019
Taking the example of cab-hailing app Uber, Parminder Jeet Singh says that we will need to go to the heart of what a digital economy is and the role of capital and workers in it if we are to really…
Newsclick Report
3000 Ola, Uber Drivers to Go on Strike in Bengaluru on September 30
26 Sep 2019
Namma Chalakka Trade Union is demanding that the Karnataka government allow drivers to install digital metres—similar to that of Mumbai’s black and yellow taxis.
Peoples Dispatch
California’s Labor Law Regularizing Gig Economy Workers Could Set a Global Precedent
21 Sep 2019
The legislation is the first of its kind and will likely force app-based corporates like Uber to reclassify their workers as employees rather than as contractors