App-based gig workers across India called a five-hour nationwide shutdown on Saturday to protest the recent petrol and diesel price hike and low payment rates on platform-based services. Gig Workers Protest Fuel Price Hike The Gig and Platform Services Workers Union called on app-based cab
The Indian gig economy is booming, not failing. Yet just as the sector crossed a major growth milestone, a strategically timed strike was aggressively turned into a political spectacle by Kunal Kamra and Dhruv Rathee. What began as a labour dispute was deliberately weaponised into a narrative attack on a fast-growing Indian industry, portraying growth […]
Gig economy workers protested across Gurugram on Thursday, 25 December 2025, leading to delays in food and delivery services for many customers. Workers associated with major delivery platforms gathered at several points in the city and temporarily logged off from their apps to press for better pay and working conditions. The action was part of […]








