The Union government has urged quick-commerce companies to stop claiming to offer 10-minute delivery services to protect the rights and safety of gig workers, according to media reports. As part of this change, Blinkit has reportedly revised its principal tagline from “10,000+ products delivered in 10 minutes” to “30,000+ products delivered at your doorstep”.
This came days after platform workers’ unions had called on workers in the quick-commerce sector to strike in the last week of December to demand reforms in the gig economy. The protests disrupted the operations of Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit and Zepto in several cities ahead of the New Year celebrations.
Earlier, gig workers had also submitted a memorandum to Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya seeking his intervention to discontinue 10-20 minute delivery mandates. Read on.
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