Archive · 19 May 2025
Gujarat Unions Support Sahakar Taxi Initiative for Gig Workers
Imagine taxi and delivery drivers getting together to form their own company, like a club.
This is what the Sahakar Taxi initiative is trying to do.
Instead of working for big apps that don't always treat them fairly, they would become member-owners and share profits.
This would mean better pay, help with things like healthcare, and fair treatment at work.
Unions representing drivers from Gujarat support this idea because it would give them more control and a better life, protecting their income and ensuring economic security.
The plan is to create a cooperative, which is like a company owned by its members.
The first step is getting the cooperative officially registered.
Gujarat gig worker unions back the Sahakar Taxi initiative.
The initiative aims to transition app-based drivers into member-owners.
The cooperative model promises fair profit-sharing and social security.
Roundtable held in New Delhi focused on cooperative-driven future.
Registration of the cooperative society is in its final stages.
- Who
- Gujarat-based gig worker unions, app-based drivers
- What
- Support for the Sahakar Taxi initiative to transition app-based drivers into member-owners.
- When
- Meeting held in New Delhi, rollout in coming months.
- Where
- New Delhi and Gujarat
- Why
- To protect driver interests and provide economic security.
- Sahakar Taxi Initiative Status
- Cooperative society registration in final stages
- Supporting Unions
- Ahmedabad Auto Chalak Ekta Union & Ahmedabad Taxi Drivers Union
- Aims of Initiative
- Fair profit-sharing, social security, and workplace rights
- Roundtable Location
- New Delhi