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Food delivery partners from various platforms came together through an online movement on Saturday, holding placards with their demands, highlighting their plight.
updated: May 29 2021, 18:00 ist
Food delivery workers on Saturday expressed anguish at being excluded from the list of workers who are getting financial relief announced to help the poor affected by the Covid-19 lockdown.
Hundreds working with companies like Zomato, Swiggy and Dunzo held an online protest under United Food Delivery Partners Union. The workers urged the state government fulfill their demands, including a financial relief package, vaccination on priority, provision of mask, sanitiser and face shield.
In a statement to the media, Vinay Sarathy V, president of the union, said most of the workers on aggregator platforms were full-time workers with very few working on part-time basis. This fact has been brought to the notice of the government. We from our union had demanded a package for these workes even during last year s lockdown. But the government rejected it, he stated.