Blinkit app-delivery workers in India strike against increasing exploitation
Blinkit, a quick grocery delivery app in India, has slashed the pay of its delivery partners to as little as around USD 0.18 (Rs. 15) per delivery. Delivery partners in different parts of capital city New Delhi and across other Indian cities have gone on strike.
Delivery workers at Indian grocery delivery platform ‘Blinkit’ go on strike against pay revision
Delivery partners of the quick-delivery company are demanding that a new pay structure, which will reportedly substantially reduce their current incomes, be immediately rescinded
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Food delivery workers strike in multiple Indian cities against drastic reduction in pay
Delivery personnel with the Indian company Swiggy are protesting in a number of cities claiming that the payment they get per order has sharply decreased, as have other incentives
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