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“I can make Rs 25000 a month, if I work 15 hours a day, 7 days a week.” Delivery boy Mohammed Arif Khan gets no provident fund, no paid leave, no growth prospects. @anweganguly & @touhid_rahat on working conditions of #GigWorkers

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“Khan is not insured. “Only if I die while delivering, my family will receive up to Rs 5,00,000. If they are aware of it.” Despite 2020 Social Security Code for #labour calling to include #GigWorkers,  companies do not treat them as employees.

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“I am in the streets from 8 am till late at night,” Mohammed Sohail, a 21-yr-old AC technician does #GigWork during #Delhi winters. He is not paid for return trips to store. He works long hours to make a minimum number of deliveries to qualify for incentives.

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“Hidden costs of #delivery work include mobile phone, data, diesel, health costs from long hours on a bike,” said @samisajjad, researcher at @DelhiSchoolOfEC. Companies require workers to own vehicles, but do not help upkeep of vehicles.

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“During protests or union meetings, app companies redirect orders to third-party delivery companies, thus company dominates all negotiations,” @ShaikTgfwda, gen secy of Indian Federation of App-based Workers. Unions are not recognised, but workers have begun to hold protests

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