Behind gig workers’ strike on New Year’s eve: A call for ban on 10-minute deliveries
indianexpress.com
Workers face uncertain income, a low base pay, algorithms that they say pushes them to ride for hundreds of kilometres a day in return for disproportionately low cash, compounded by rising fuel costs, and no social security benefits
  • Riskable@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Apparently India never learned the lesson of Dominos Pizza:

    https://thehustle.co/originals/the-failure-of-the-dominos-30-minute-delivery-guarantee

    I don’t know how the legal situation in India works, but if someone is injured (or killed) because of a delivery driver trying to make it within that 10 minute window, they should sue TF out of that company.

    If that happens often enough, the delivery guarantee situation just might stop.

    • Tolc@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Many such unfortunate deaths has happened but sadly workers right isnt political issue here at all.

      Afaik companies doesnt even cover health costs if one gets injured on delivery. Situation is bleak but this strike has given me slight hope

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I wish the CSR workers of India would go on strike to cripple the inequality in customer service pay globally.

    That would be amazing to see. A world of phone workers standing up to American shit-heel-ism.

  • Tolc@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Support the workers, dont order anything today from these apps!!!