Gig workers announce strike on New Year's eve, defy threats, intimidation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Calling for immediate government intervention, IFAT urged the Centre to convene a tripartite discussion involving the government, platform companies, and worker unions.
54% : They stated that their demands are directed not only at platform companies but also at state and central governments, calling for urgent regulation of the gig economy.
51% : The unions also urged the government to intervene immediately, calling for stricter regulation of platform companies, an end to worker victimisation, and guaranteed wages, safety protections, and social security for gig workers.
45% : The federation demanded immediate regulation of platform companies under labour laws, a ban on unsafe "10-minute delivery" models, an end to arbitrary ID blocking, transparent and fair wages, comprehensive social security including health and accident insurance and pensions, and protection of workers' rights to organise and bargain collectively.
42% : Gig and platform worker unions have announced a strike on Wednesday, the busiest delivery day of the year, to protest the exploitation of workers, vowing not to bow to threats or intimidation by platform companies, which they accuse of responding with coercion rather than dialogue after a nationwide flash strike on Christmas Eve.
38% : The Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) and the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) accused platform companies of responding with intimidation instead of dialogue to the strike, which they said saw participation by nearly 40,000 workers and caused delivery disruptions of up to 50-60 percent in many areas.

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