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The Empty Promise of Social Security to Gig Workers -

-Leaflet.in/ Newsclick.in In light of the recent PIL filed before the Supreme Court demanding social security for gig/platform workers, it is critical to pay attention to how the recent labor codes, which are paraded as being progressive, are a mere lip service to social security, including for gig/platform workers, writes Namrata. In September last year, the Indian Federation of App Based Transport Workers [IFAT], a workers’ organisation consisting largely of gig transport...

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Sulli Deals, Bulli Bai and the young and educated hatemongers -Alok Deshpande and Hemani Bhandari

-The Hindu Two Apps — Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai — created by young engineering students sought to silence Muslim women by putting a price on their dignity. Hemani Bhandari and Alok Deshpande report on the investigation that led to the arrest of the brains behind these Apps It was around 10:30 p.m. on January 5. The Bishnoi family had already turned in when a Delhi Police team arrived at their house...

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Inside the Winter of Discontent for India's Gig Workers -Kaushal Shroff

-TheWire.in A PIL seeking social security benefits for gig workers and platform workers brings to the front a storm of issues that have festered over the last few years. There is a storm of discontent brewing within India’s app-based worker community, which the Union government has been sidelining for far too long much to the dismay of the over 15 million gig workers in India. While the government persists with an apathetic attitude...

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Post-pandemic Exploitation of Food Delivery Workers, and the Legal Reforms Needed -Nilabhra Bhattacharya

-Newsclick.in Why are gig workers not recognised by three of the four recently passed labour codes? Shedding light on the problems that food delivery app workers have been facing in the post-pandemic period in India, NILABHRA BHATTACHARYA advocates for gig workers’ recognition under all the labour codes that were passed by the Parliament in 2019 and 2020 to provide them minimum labour protections and rights. RECENTLY, the food delivery Apps Swiggy and Zomato...

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