Fuel shortages in Hyderabad due to Middle-East tensions have disrupted LPG and CNG supplies, hitting app-based drivers and food delivery workers. Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) has sought urgent government intervention into the matter.
Telangana Gig and Platform Workers' Union, a union of gig workers in Telangana, which also includes cab drivers, has said that the boycott is over the unfair pricing by cab aggregators such as Ola, Uber and Rapido.
Shaik Salauddin, the founder president of TGPWU, highlighted the inability of drivers to activate the air conditioning (AC) in their cabs due to diminishing per-kilometer fares.
Hyderabad: The Telangana Gig and Platforms Workers union (TGPWU), welcoming recent changes that cab aggregator Uber claimed to have brought about, has demanded a few more changes, including a city-specific tariff. The changes made by Uber included increased fares, but the union pointed out that these could not be uniform for all cities, since fuel […]
Hyderabad: Delivery executives working with the food aggregator Swiggy are organising protests, demanding better work conditions and benefits. The delivery executives are attending to their duties by wearing black badges and have threatened to further intensify their stir after December 5 if their demands are not met. Shaik Salauddin, founder State president Telangana Gig and […]
Hyderabad: The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) on Saturday appealed to the government and the Director-General of Police to intervene and clarify about the latest rules pertaining to the lockdown, as on Saturday, the police started strict enforcement of the lockdown by including measures like seizing vehicles. According to a statement issued by […]
