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‘We are slaves to them’: Zomato, Swiggy delivery workers speak up against unfair practices -Tanishka Sodhi

-Newslaundry.com

They are battling job insecurity, variable pay, low base pay, increasing fuel prices, and inconsistency in incentive payments.

The irony of Zomato’s website for its delivery workers is hard to ignore.

“Ride with pride,” it says. As you scroll down, figures such as “1 lakh + happy partners” and “10 crore + happy deliveries” pop out.

This at a time when “delivery partners” across India are far from happy. Over the last two weeks, Zomato and Swiggy delivery workers have been taking to social media to speak up against the alleged exploitative practices of the two companies. The protest was a long time coming.

It began with two delivery workers tweeting anonymously as SwiggyDE and DeliveryBhoy about how the food delivery companies were exploiting them. They were soon joined by many other Swiggy and Zomato workers.

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