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Protesting drivers to suspend online delivery, ride-hailing services
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An on-demand driver rides past a kiosk in Kemanggisan, West Jakarta. (JP/Sutrisno Jambul)
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undreds of motorbike driver partners for ride-hailing and delivery apps are slated to hold a peaceful demonstration in Jakarta on Thursday to demand better work conditions and a firm legal standing.
The Two-Wheeler Action Movement (Garda) advocacy group announced in a statement on Wednesday that a rally was to begin at midday at the Merdeka Palace in Gambir, Central Jakarta, and move from there to the Gojek office in Petojo, Central Jakarta and then to the Grab office in Cilandak, South Jakarta.
Gojek and Grab are the two biggest providers of ride-hailing and food delivery services with super-apps that also offer digital payments and other on-demand services.
Driver partners located in the Greater Jakarta area will not take any food delivery, instant delivery or transportation orders during the protest, a statement issued by the National Online Drivers Coalition on Wednesday said.
“Due to the demonstration over Grab, Gojek, Maxim, Shopee and Lalamove’s unjust business [practices] toward online motorbike driver partners, we on behalf of Greater Jakarta online motorbike drivers [announce that we] will not accept any food [delivery], ride or package [delivery] orders on Aug. 29,” the coalition said in the statement.
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Garda leader Igun Wicaksono said in its statement that 500 to 1,000 motorbike driver partners would attend the rally to demonstrate the solidarity of online motorbike drivers, who are “increasingly oppressed” by online delivery platforms amid the government’s failure to provide the proper legal framework to ensure drivers’ rights are fully protected.
