India’s Surplus Labour Trap: Gig Work, Contract Teachers, and Anganwadi Protests
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Workers protest, but their options are bleak. They remain in exploitative, often abusive, work relationships. Strikes yield little. The alternative is ...
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Workers protest, but their options are bleak. They remain in exploitative, often abusive, work relationships. Strikes yield little. The alternative is ...
SettledThe strike was rooted in deep discontent with the conditions faced by gig and platform workers. Despite being the backbone of last-mile delivery, ...
India: Punjab bus contract workers strike statewide; Sri Lankan government doctors continue protests; Australia: Queensland Urban Utilities ...
SettledThe Gig & Platform Service Workers Union (GIPSWU) announced a nationwide protest on 03 February 2026, with demonstrations held across multiple ...
SettledNew Delhi, February 2: Gig and platform service workers associated with companies such as Swiggy, Zomato, Blinkit, Zepto, Amazon, Urban Company…
Settled... workers went on strike, demanding fair wages, dignity and safer conditions. While the disruption to customers was limited, the protest sparked a ...
Status UnknownA New Year's Eve flash strike by gig workers in India who provide commerce connectivity, such as through 10-minute doorstep deliveries, ...
Status UnknownWhile gig workers have long raised concerns around pay, safety, and respect, the union leading the protest pushed for a more disruptive demand: ending ...
South Korea: Seoul city bus union announces January strike; India: Thousands of gig workers strike on New Year's eve; Australia: Crown Melbourne ...
... workers participating in the strike on December 31. Over 40,000 gig workers in Bengaluru, who are part of the Karnataka App-Based Workers' Union ...
India's gig economy dispute has escalated after AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha publicly confronted Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal over delivery ...
Gig workers strike: Zomato founder calls protestors 'miscreants', TGPWU hits back. Newspoint. Gig workers strike: Zomato founder calls protestors ...
OngoingRaghav Chadha's X post appeared to be in response to Zomato and Blinkit boss Deepinder Goyal's post, in which he called striking delivery workers ...
... channel India Today · Gig Workers Strike: IFAT's Shaik Salauddin Clashes With Grab.in Co-Founder Over 'Exploitative' Pay. India Today New 5.7K views.
More than 200000 delivery workers operating for platforms such as Zomato, Blinkit, Swiggy, Instamart, Zepto, Amazon and Flipkart went on a strike ...
SettledDespite over 2 Lakh gig workers logging off nationwide on the New Year's Eve strike, Eternal chief Deepinder Goyal, business for Zomato and ...
The operations of Eternal, the parent company of Zomato and Blinkit, on New Year's Eve were unaffected by calls for a nationwide gig worker strike ...
SettledThe debate around ultra-fast deliveries returned to the spotlight after gig worker unions flagged safety concerns during their December 31 strike ...
SettledNew Delhi and Mumbai (CNN) — Tens of thousands of app-based delivery workers in India went on strike over New Year's Eve, protesting a system they say ...
In an economy driven by digital platforms, gig workers have taken to the streets demanding basic protections, fair pay and job security.