Resolved Incident
Ola and Uber drivers strike across India over pay, March 2018
View on map Part of: India app-based cab drivers strike, March 2018
Drivers of app-based cab aggregators Ola and Uber began an indefinite strike at midnight on 18 March 2018, called by the Maharashtra Navnirman Vahatuk Sena, the transport wing of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, and supported in Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune. The drivers demanded assured monthly earnings of Rs 1.25 lakh, higher per-kilometre fares and restoration of incentive payments cut over the previous two years. Mumbai saw far fewer cabs and high surge fares, and some app-based vehicles plying in Kurla were vandalised. The Ola strike was called off on 21 March after discussions with the company and the Uber protest the next day.
- Workers involved
- Unknown
- Outcome
- Unknown – The MNS transport union called off the Ola drivers' strike on the evening of 21 March 2018 and the Uber protest the following day; no source fetched shows the aggregators conceding the demand for assured monthly income of Rs 1.25 lakh, so the outcome is recorded as unknown. Driver numbers are not stated by any fetched source: Hindustan Times reports roughly 50,000 app-based cabs in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, of which Ola and Uber own about 10,000 vehicles.
- Issues
- Living Wage, Working Hours
Sources
- Uber, Ola drivers strike in India for higher payThe Times of India (PTI)
- Ola, Uber drivers on strike from today: Rates shoot up, few cabs on Mumbai roadsHindustan Times
- Ola drivers withdraw strike, Uber stays firmThe Times of India