By Admin 
Gig Workers on Strike: Gig workers associated with major online shopping and delivery platforms like Amazon, Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit, Flipkart and Zapto have announced to go on a nationwide strike from December 31, 2025. Along with this, the gig workers who were on strike since December 25 are also continuing their agitation with these demands. Gig workers say that the purpose of this strike is to put pressure on the companies, because their working conditions are getting worse with time, while the profits of the companies are continuously increasing.
gig workers strike
This strike is being organized under the banner of Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union and Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers. Unions claim that this will include not only major metro cities but also a large number of gig workers from Tier-II cities, which could have a widespread impact on delivery services. According to union leaders, on one hand the demand for fast and timely delivery is continuously increasing, on the other hand workers are neither being paid commensurately nor are they being provided safe and respectable working conditions.
The biggest concern of gig workers is about the app-based control system. He says that payments, delivery targets and incentives are decided entirely through algorithms, in which transparency is almost negligible. According to the workers, the risks involved during delivery rest entirely on them, while the deadlines are kept very strict. Additionally, frequent changes in the incentive structure make their income unstable and uncertain, which seriously impacts economic security.
Protest against working conditions and pay
The union statement said that delivery workers act as the backbone of the platforms, especially during weekends, peak hours and festivals, but despite this they are facing problems like long working hours, insecure delivery deadlines and continuously decreasing earnings. Gig workers say that their protest will continue until their demands related to working conditions, remuneration and social security are not seriously considered.
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