Pune: On Thursday, October 25, cab and rickshaw drivers, and delivery personnel in Pune, who work for service sector companies like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato, and Urban Company will observe a strike.
The strike has been called for several demands made by the committee ‘Indian Gig Workers Front’.
As envisaged by the Central Government’s ‘Social Code 2020’ Labour Code, as well as by the Rajasthan Government, a ‘Registration and Welfare Act’, there’s a demand for the Maharashtra government to pass the Act to protect workers from exploitation.
“Rajasthan is the first state in India to introduce a bill for the Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers Act, 2023 (the Act), leading the state of Rajasthan to be the first Indian state to regulate and support the growing gig economy workforce through this comprehensive legal framework,” said Adv Keshav Kshirsagar, one of the members of the association.
On those grounds, we want a similar law looking after the interests of the gig workers in Maharashtra, he added.
“The Act aims to provide important social security and essential benefits to the working class. The law provides security at low investment for countless unemployed youths and even the elderly. This Act provides labour guarantee to employers through platforms like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato, Amazon, Urban Company and others,” he added.
{{/usCountry}}“The Act aims to provide important social security and essential benefits to the working class. The law provides security at low investment for countless unemployed youths and even the elderly. This Act provides labour guarantee to employers through platforms like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato, Amazon, Urban Company and others,” he added.
{{/usCountry}}According to the law, a unique identity card will be generated for each worker. The bill also provides for the establishment of the ‘Platform-Based Gig Workers Fund and Welfare Fee’, under which social security and welfare funds for gig workers will be raised.