India, Feb. 4 -- At least 70 gig workers on Tuesday gathered at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi as part a nationwide protest against against app-based companies, demanding better social security benefits.

At the protest, organised by Gig & Platform Service Workers Union (GIPSWU), the workers held up various signs, such as "We are not slaves of algorithms" and "Unblock our IDs, unlock our lives". They flagged concerns like arbitrary ID blocking, fluctuating wages, exploitative working hours, and lack of grievance redressal mechanisms.

Tuesday's protest organised in major cities in India, including Mumbai and Bengaluru, is part of a broader digital and physical protest against online platform-based companies that has beengoing since last y...