"United We Stand": Role of Unionisations among the Gig Labours in India

This paper by Rajat Kanti Sur searches for whether unionisation would play an influential role in ensuring safety and socio-economic security for the informal and gig workers. It also examined the transformed role of the trade unions in the neoliberal democratic framework like India. This paper has been divided into two parts. The First part contains the debate between formality and informality and the difference of opinions about the labour leaders
towards the workers in the formal and informal sectors. The responses towards the laws made favour of the informal and domestic workers by the labour unions and, thirdly, their agendas to convince the workers to form a union. The second part of this article dealt with the views of the workers. How did they deal with the neo-liberal economic challenges? Their views about the unionisations and the role of the political parties towards their well-being. Lastly, the article concluded with some policy suggestions that should be useful to improve the socio-economic positions of the informal workers.