By Roy Landersen April 19, 2021
Over 8,000 Amazon workers at 20 delivery hubs in Delhi and Pune, India, stopped work March 16, a day after the bosses at the giant e-commerce company slashed pay for parcel deliveries. The drivers, mainly hired through subcontracting firms, are demanding the restoration of the regular rates for delivery plus health insurance benefits.
After this, the main drivers union, the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers, called for a national 24-hour strike. Some drivers at Amazon India went out in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune at the end of March.
A union statement explained that the rates for drivers of three-wheeled autorickshaws were cut from 35 Indian rupees (48 cents) per delivery to 10 for delivering smaller packages. Delivery van drivers’ higher rates were also cut.
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Uber India said that it was doubling down to provide drivers on its platform improved earnings, as several drivers across the country have been staging protests against the company, and its rival Ola’s policies. “As cities open up and Uber’s markets recover across India, Uber is doubling down to provide drivers on its platform improved earnings and optimum utilization of their time, resulting in greater financial independence and the economic revival of communities,” the company said in a press statement on Monday.
However, both Ola and Uber drivers have said that their income from driving these cabs has significantly gone down, and complained that they receive very little help from the two companies. In fact, drivers staged a protest against Ola and Uber in Hyderabad, and Delhi, calling on the government to fix fares charged by Ola, and Uber.