Delivery workers from quick e-commerce platforms held a nationwide strike on December 31, 2025, disrupting food and parcel deliveries across many Indian cities. Thousands participated, aiming to press six key demands: fair wages, safe working conditions, social security, protection of worker rights, ending unsafe 10-minute delivery models, and stopping arbitrary ID blocking. The Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) reported that about 40,000 workers joined a flash strike on December 25, causing 50–60% service disruptions. They protested unsafe work models, falling incomes, ID blocks, police harassment, and lack of dignity and social security. IFAT shared these demands with India's Ministry of Labour and Employment. Unions warned this strike, timed before New Year celebrations, could cause further delivery delays and shortages as companies like Flipkart, Amazon, Zomato, Swiggy, and Ola brace for peak demand. Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union called for urgent government talks on unfair pay and safety ahead of the strike. Key demands include regulating platform companies under labour laws, banning unsafe fast delivery targets, ending random ID blocks, ensuring fair wages, offering social security benefits like health and accident insurance, and protecting collective bargaining rights. India has already recognized gig workers under the Code on Social Security, 2020, granting some benefits. States like Telangana and Karnataka have passed laws to register gig workers and provide social security funds. Still, unions say more must be done. The strike has drawn political support, including from the All India Professional Congress and AAP MP Raghav Chadha, who stressed the exploitation of gig workers and unsafe work pressures. Labour Minister Vivek Venkatswamy and actor Vir Das have also voiced support. As the strike unfolds, millions of consumers await swift resolution to avoid holiday disruptions.