Drivers of app-based cab services such as Ola, Uber and Rapido are on an strike today, February 7, which they are calling ‘All India Breakdown’, over what they term “endless exploitation”. Drivers of Porter and other such transport apps are also part of it.
The strike has been called by the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union, also known as TGPWU. The union represents app-based transport workers operating on platforms such as Ola, Uber and Rapido.
While announcing the strike on X, the union used strong language to describe the situation faced by app-based drivers across the country.
The post said, “App-based transport workers across India will observe an All India Breakdown on 7 Feb 26. No minimum fares. No regulation. Endless exploitation.”
It further added, “Millions of app-based drivers are pushed into poverty while aggregators profit. Govt silence equals platform impunity.”
The main point behind their decision was mentioned in their letter to Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari, in which one of the drivers’ unions noted that there are no government-regulated fare structures for the riders working for Ola, Uber, Rapido, Porter and other aggregator platforms operating autos, cabs and bike-taxis. The companies “unilaterally” fix these fares, they said.
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