Don't gig up on us, baby: P-hailing riders want full worker rights and benefits


PETALING JAYA: Food delivery riders want the government to recognise them as legitimate employees with all the attendant rights and benefits, and no longer as gig workers.

Speaking at Parti Keadilan Rakyat headquarters here on Friday (Aug 5), a group of p-hailing riders on a 24-hour strike said the industry is getting too big to still be considered part of the gig economy.

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