Food delivery platforms Zomato and Swiggy are offering more incentives to their delivery partners, a standard practice they follow during festive periods, to ensure minimal disruptions in services on New Year's Eve amid a strike call by gig workers' unions.
Gig workers, delivery partners to take part in nationwide strike on December 31 over working conditions
Telangana Gig and Platform Workers' Union (TGPWU) and Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) have claimed that lakhs of workers are set to join the nationwide strike to demand better payouts and improved working conditions.
The strike may affect the operations of food delivery and quick commerce firms like Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit, Instamart and Zepto on New Year's Eve, when demand is at an all-time high, according to industry sources.
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