Days after a gig worker reportedly jumped off the third floor of a building to evade a dog while making a delivery, a gig and platform workers’ union demanded more accountability on the part of the resident welfare associations, and support from the company he was working for.
The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) said that livelihood of delivery executive Mohammed Ilyas would be affected as he was injured. The union demanded that the company he was working for pay him ₹1,000 per day, and the companies formulate a policy to deal with such incidents.
The union also requested the intervention of Minister for Information Technology K T Rama Rao, who recently came out in support of gig workers, to formulate a response to such incidents that would ensure their safety.
