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Delivery workers associated with major e-commerce and food delivery platforms including Swiggy, Zomato, Zepto, Blinkit, Amazon and Flipkart have announced a pan-India strike on December 25 and December 31, 2025.
The strike has been called by the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers and Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union to protest against the deteriorating working conditions in the gig and platform economy, including concerns over wages, safety, job security and social security.
Delivery workers say they are facing long working hours, declining earnings, unsafe delivery targets, arbitrary account deactivation and lack of welfare benefits, especially during peak demand periods and festivals.
According to the unions’ statement, the demands include transparent and fair pay structure, withdrawal of the “10 minute delivery” model citing security concerns, ending account blocking without due process, improvements in safety gear and accident insurance and assured work allocation without algorithmic discrimination.
Other demands include mandatory rest leaves, reasonable working hours, better technical and complaint support within apps and access to social security benefits such as health insurance, accident coverage and pension provisions.
The unions have urged the central and state governments to regulate platform companies, enforce labor protections, implement social security frameworks for gig workers and recognize their right to organize and bargain collectively.
Announcing the strike, Sheikh Salahuddin, founder president of Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union and co-founder and national general secretary of the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers, said delivery workers are facing unsafe work models, falling income and lack of social security.
“This strike is a collective call for justice, dignity and accountability. The government can no longer remain a silent spectator while platform companies make profits at the cost of workers’ lives,” he said in a statement.
The proposed strike is expected to impact delivery services in several cities over two days, depending on how many delivery partners participate in the strike.