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Taroa Zuñiga Silva
Why Delivery Workers Across the Planet Are Rising Up Against Exploitation
29 Apr 2021
Even before the pandemic crisis, food delivery companies have seen their profits skyrocket while their so-called ‘self-employed’ workers suffer rights violations and were banned from unionising.
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.
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.
Newsclick Team
Zomato Controversy, Indian Economy in Shambles
01 Aug 2019
In this episode of 'Bol Ke Lab Azad Hain Tere', senior journalist Abhisar Sharma discusses two issues: firstly, the recent controversy regarding a non-Hindu Zomato rider and second, the suicide of…
Newsclick Report
Ola, Uber, Foodpanda are Some of the Worst Employers, Finds Study
02 Apr 2019
Twelve of India’s most successful technology-based startups were ranked on the overall working conditions for their drivers and delivery persons. The results indicate they do not care much about…
Newsclick Report
Kerala Hotels, Restaurants to Launch Strike Against Swiggy, Zomato, Uber Eats
30 Nov 2018
Accusing app-based aggregator firms of luring away customers as well as hiking commission charges, Kerala Hotels and Restaurants Association said it was considering setting up an alternate platform.
Newsclick Report
Why Is Foreign Capital Dominating Indian Startups In e-Commerce and Tech?
26 Jul 2018
It is not just the quest for easy capital to expand their businesses that makes the founders of these startups cede control to foreign shareholders, but the overall policy in India itself encourages…