Indian online grocery Fraazo cut commission and scrapped its fuel allowance, and more than 100 delivery riders went on strike.
Workers said the new regime made it near impossible to make ends meet amid record petrol prices.
A surge in crude oil and commodity prices since Russia invaded Ukraine in February has boosted inflation globally.
This has hit platform workers particularly hard, squeezed by higher fuel prices and lower earnings, said Rikta Krishnaswamy a national coordinator at the All India Gig Workers’ Union.
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