Workers' union urges all Quick commerce firms to withdraw 10-minute deliveries

Bengaluru: The United Food Delivery Partners’ Union (UFDPU) has welcomed quick-commerce platform Blinkit’s decision to withdraw 10-minute deliveries. 

In a statement, UFDPU Secretary Krishna said the victory was a “direct outcome” of the nationwide strike called on December 25 and December 31, 2025, by the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport, the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers’ Union, and the Karnataka App-Based Workers’ Union. 

The strike sought an end to arbitrary ID blocking, the scrapping of time-bound ultra-fast delivery models, and comprehensive social security for gig and platform workers. 

The union said companies had attempted to sabotage the strike by offering inflated incentives — five to six times higher than normal — and, in several places, even deploying bouncers to intimidate workers and prevent collective action. 

According to the union, the 10-minute delivery model endangered workers’ lives, denied them dignity, and punished them without the right to explanation through arbitrary ID blocking. 

It has urged all aggregators and app-based service providers to immediately abolish time-bound deliveries.