If you are planning to rely on food delivery or quick commerce apps to ring in the New Year, you may want to plan in advance. Delivery workers associated with major platform companies including Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit, Zepto, Amazon and Flipkart have announced a nationwide strike on December 31, 2025, ahead of what may be one of the busiest days of the year for online deliveries.
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The strike is being led by the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU), Indian Federation of App Based Transport Workers (IFAT) and is backed by multiple regional collectives, including platform worker unions from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi-NCR, West Bengal and parts of Tamil Nadu. Union leaders claim that more than one lakh delivery workers across food delivery, quick commerce and e-commerce platforms are expected to either log out of apps or significantly reduce work on New Year’s Eve.
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