All India Gig Workers Union
{{short description|Trade union federation of gig economy workers in India}}
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| founded = August 2020{{cite news|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/news/swiggy-pay-cut-delhi-worker-delivery-protests-aigwu|title=How Swiggy threatened to "suspend" protesting Delhi workers after second pay cut in seven months|website=Caravan Magazine|author=Nishant Kauntia|date=2020-08-27}}
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The All India Gig Workers Union (AIGWU) is a trade union federation of gig economy workers, predominantly in food delivery, in India. The federation is affiliated with the Centre of Indian Trade Unions.{{cite report|publisher=China Labour Bulletin|author=P.K.Anand|date=2020-11-09|title=The All-India Gig Workers Union: A case study|url=https://www.clb.org.hk/content/all-india-gig-workers-union-case-study}}
History
AIGWU was founded in August 2020 during protests of Swiggy workers against a pay reduction. During these protests, AIGWU moved from organic outbursts to a strategically thinking organisation.
In December 2020, AIGWU and other Indian trade unions, including the Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers, called on the Ministry of Labour to not exempt gig companies from contributions to state social security.{{cite news|url=https://www.newsclick.in/Gig-Platform-Workers-Unions-Write-Labour-Ministry-Demanding-Universal-Social-Security|title=Gig, Platform Workers' Unions Write to Labour Ministry Demanding Universal Social Security|date=2020-12-20}}
In October 2021, AIGWU reacted positively to a push by the Indian government to reclassify gig work as employment.{{cite news|url=https://www.medianama.com/2021/10/223-gig-workers-reclassified-employees-india/|title=India's gig workers may be conferred employee tag in major government policy shift: Report|website=Medianama|author=Nishant Kauntia|date=2021-10-19}}
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