Delivery partners and the new Kunal Kamra unions

It’s a surrealistic situation out there. There was a time when workers, even the casual and temporary ones, had their trade unions to speak up on their behalf. Things have changed.

It’s a hire-and-fire regime now. So much so one needs a stand-up comic like Kunal Kamra to fill the space vacated by traditional leaders.

What do you make of Kamra’s latest salvo against quickcomm delivery companies like Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy for exploiting their delivery workers – euphemistically called ‘delivery partners’ or ‘gig workers’?