{"id":990277,"date":"2026-02-06T09:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=990277"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:01:37","slug":"ola-uber-to-lead-nationwide-strike-on-february-7-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/06\/ola-uber-to-lead-nationwide-strike-on-february-7-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Ola, Uber to lead nationwide strike on February 7 \u2013 Everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commuters are likely to face disruptions on Friday as drivers of ride-hailing platforms hold nationwide strikes. Gig workers affiliated with Ola, Uber and Rapido have mounted a \u2018All India Breakdown\u2019 protest amid growing demand for minimum fares and stricter regulations. <\/p>\n<p>The disruption is likely to affect most major cities \u2014 with app-based transport workers reportedly going offline for at least six hours on Friday. Cabs, auto-rickshaws and bike taxis are expected to pause services in the middle of a busy working Friday in many key areas. The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union is leading the agitation alongside several national labour organisations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commuters are likely to face disruptions on Friday as drivers of ride-hailing platforms hold nationwide strikes. Gig workers affiliated with Ola, Uber and Rapido have mounted a \u2018All India Breakdown\u2019 protest amid growing demand for minimum fares and stricter regulations. The disruption is likely to affect most major cities \u2014 with app-based transport workers reportedly going offline for at least six hours on Friday. Cabs, auto-rickshaws and bike taxis are expected to pause services in the middle of a busy working Friday in many key areas. The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union is leading the agitation alongside several national [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}