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App-Based Transport Workers Announce All-India Strike on Feb 7 Over Falling Incomes

App-based transport and delivery workers across India, affiliated with major unions, have called for a nationwide breakdown on February 7, 2026. They are protesting falling incomes and the government's failure to enforce minimum base fares as mandated by the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines of 2025. Union leaders accuse platform companies like Ola, Uber, and Swiggy of exploiting workers by unilaterally setting low fares and transferring all operational risks to them. This action follows a similar nationwide strike by delivery workers at the end of 2026 over identical issues of low wages and lack of social security.

Key Points: India-Wide App Transport Worker Strike on Feb 7 Over Fare Rules

  • Protest against unregulated fares
  • Demand enforcement of Aggregator Guidelines 2025
  • Highlight unsustainable working conditions
  • Follows similar strike in December 2026
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App-based transport workers call All-India breakdown on Feb 7

Drivers and delivery workers for Ola, Uber, Swiggy, and others to strike nationwide on February 7, protesting low pay and unregulated fares.

"The absence of government-notified base fares has allowed platform companies to arbitrarily lower prices while transferring all operational risks to workers. - Shaik Salauddin"

New Delhi, February 6

App-based transport workers affiliated with the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union and the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers have announced an All-India Breakdown on February 7, 2026, protesting falling incomes and increasing exploitation in the platform transport sector.

The nationwide protest will involve drivers and delivery workers associated with major platforms, including Ola, Uber, Rapido, Porter, and other app-based transport services.

According to the unions, the agitation is being organised against the continued failure of the Central and State Governments to notify minimum base fares under the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, 2025.

Despite the existence of these guidelines, aggregator companies continue to unilaterally fix fares, pushing workers into unsustainable working conditions and forcing longer working hours for declining earnings.

Shaik Salauddin, Founder President of TGPWU and Co-Founder and National General Secretary of IFAT, said that the absence of government-notified base fares has allowed platform companies to arbitrarily lower prices while transferring all operational risks to workers.

"The Aggregator Guidelines, 2025, clearly mandate consultation with recognised worker unions before fare fixation. However, governments have failed to act, enabling platforms to deepen exploitation," Salauddin said.

Earlier, in a similar incident, platform-based delivery workers affiliated with the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) staged a nationwide strike on 31 December 31st 2026, protesting unfair working conditions, low wages, and the absence of social security, warning that delivery services may be severely disrupted during peak hours. According to food delivery agents, despite spending long hours on the road, their income has reduced significantly, leaving them financially strained.

"In today's time, Swiggy Zomato delivery boys, Blinkit Zepto riders, Ola Uber drivers, are a workforce on the back of which these big companies have become unicorns; they have got billion-dollar valuations. In this entire ecosystem that has been created, if there's one group of people who are oppressed and under immense pressure, it's the gig workers," the AAP MP said during an exclusive interview with ANI.

- ANI

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Sarah B
As a frequent user, I've noticed fares have actually gone up for me. If the companies are charging more but paying drivers less, where is all that money going? This protest is justified. Maybe we should avoid ordering on the 7th to support them.
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Vikram M
The "gig economy" is just a fancy word for exploitation without responsibility. No PF, no insurance, no job security. These workers are the backbone of urban life now. If the guidelines from 2025 are just on paper, what is the Labour Ministry doing? 🤔
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Ananya R
My brother is a delivery partner. He says the incentives have vanished and per-order pay is a joke. He's thinking of going back to his village. This strike will cause inconvenience, but the public needs to understand their struggle. #StandWithGigWorkers
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Michael C
While I support better wages, a nationwide strike that disrupts essential services like food delivery for the sick or elderly is a harsh tactic. The unions and government should find a middle ground through dialogue without holding the public hostage.
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Karthik V
Absolutely correct. These companies became unicorns on the sweat of these workers. Now they treat them like disposable batteries. The AAP MP is right. Hope this strike wakes up the authorities in Delhi and every state capital.

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