India's gig economy's stress test: Why delivery workers are striking on Christmas and New Year's Eve

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The strike call comes from a growing ecosystem of gig worker unions, led by the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) and the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU).
58% : Women-led collectives such as the Gig and Platform Service Workers' Union have also backed the action, underlining that gig work now spans far beyond young men on bikes.
56% : It requires digital platforms to contribute a small share of turnover to a social security fund meant to finance insurance and welfare schemes.
48% : Rajasthan, Bihar and Karnataka have passed their own gig worker welfare laws, with Karnataka's statute going furthest, proposing welfare boards, platform levies and safeguards against arbitrary account suspensions.
45% : Their complaint is straightforward: payouts are shrinking, delivery targets are getting tighter, and the 'welfare' part of gig work still looks mostly theoretical.

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