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Gig Delivery Workers Set New Year’s Eve Strike Across India

Unions plan to use peak New Year’s Eve demand to force talks on gig worker protections.

Overview

  • Multiple unions including IFAT, TGPWU and GIPSWU have called an all‑India logout on Dec. 31 by delivery partners for Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit, Zepto, Amazon and Flipkart.
  • Organisers claim more than 100,000 workers will go offline or sharply cut hours, with potential disruptions to food, grocery and last‑minute e‑commerce orders in major metros and tier‑2 cities.
  • Demands include scrapping 10‑ to 20‑minute delivery mandates, a stop to arbitrary ID blocking, legal recognition under labour law, and clearer, fairer pay and grievance systems.
  • NDTV Profit reports a women‑led union has sought ministry intervention for a Rs 20 per‑km floor and Rs 24,000 monthly minimum, along with insurance, leave and safety measures.
  • Unions cite a Dec. 25 action involving roughly 40,000 workers and allege retaliatory deactivations documented in screenshots, while labour officials say the matter is under examination and platforms have offered limited public responses.