Gujarat gig worker unions back Sahakar Taxi initiative
Ahmedabad: Gujarat-based gig worker unions lent their support to the govt's
during a key roundtable held in New Delhi. Organised by Jan Pehal, IFAT, NCCPTE, and the Gig Workers Association, the meeting focused on creating a cooperative-driven future for platform workers.
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The initiative aims to transition app-based drivers into member-owners of a multi-state cooperative, ensuring fair profit-sharing, social security, and workplace rights. Colonel Himanshu, chief director at the NCDC, confirmed that registration of the cooperative society is in its final stages and rollout will follow in the coming months.
Gujarat was represented by Kishan Patni of the Ahmedabad Auto Chalak Ekta Union and Vanraj Gadhvi of the Ahmedabad Taxi Drivers Union. Both leaders highlighted the exploitative conditions app-based drivers face and welcomed the cooperative model as a path to self-reliance.
"The idea is to organise the system in a way that driver members' rights in terms of wages as well as their interests are protected. This will give dignity and economic security to lakhs of workers," said Gadhvi.
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