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Prudhviraj Rupawat
SCCL Unions Declare Indefinite Strike From April 15 Against Salary Cuts and Layoffs
03 Apr 2020
According to the unions, nearly 20,000 mine workers will be affected due to the sudden layoffs at the Singareni Collieries Company Limited.
Neelambaran A
COVID-19: With No Protective Gear, TN Sanitary Workers Exposed to Hazards
25 Mar 2020
More than 2,500 sanitation workers, called ‘Swach Ambassadors’, of the Tiruchi Corporation are being forced to undertake the sanitation and garbage collection work without any recommended…
Sumedha Pal
COVID-19: ‘Stop Evictions, Distribute food,’ Say Unions, Workers Worst Affected
21 Mar 2020
Workers right’s networks and unions across India are urging the central government to take immediate steps to ensure minimum damage to informal workers.
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‘Jail Bharo’ by Women Workers Ahead of International Women’s Day
07 Mar 2020
Protesting women workers, demanding ‘equal pay for equal work’, sent memoranda to Prime Minister Modi and Ministers of Labour and Women and Child Development.
Ronak Chhabra
Honda Protest and How it Ended: A Sneak Peek into Dismal Labour Practices in India
07 Mar 2020
In a sinking economy that is championing contractualisation of labour to save itself from drowning, workers are required to be meek and pliable.
Ronak Chhabra
'Anti-people' Budget Meets with Another Round of Protest as Session Resumes
02 Mar 2020
Ten central trade unions organised a nationwide protest against the Union Budget 2020-21 on March 2, alleging that the finance minister “is not worried about millions of workers, farmers.”
Neelambaran A
Victory for NLCIL Workers, Most Contract Workers to be Permanent Soon
29 Feb 2020
Persistent agitations over the past three years have yielded a victory for the contract workers, some of whom have served the organisation for over three decades.
Shilpa Shaji
Muthoot Finance Employees’ Strike Enters 58th Day, Management Remains Adamant
28 Feb 2020
The striking employees allege that despite the Kerala HC direction to arrive at a positive conclusion by February 26, the management offered to transfer the dismissed employees to branches out of…
Neelambaran A
Arasu Rubber Plantation Workers go on Strike, Demand Wage Hike
18 Feb 2020
Around 2,000 workers are on strike in the Kanyakumari plantation demanding wage revision due in 2016, after 47 rounds of talks ended in failure.
Neelambaran A
TN This Week: Anti-CAA Signature Campaign, LIC Employees’ Protest, CITU Demonstrates Against Budget
08 Feb 2020
The Madras High Court, in an order, instructed the BSNL management to disburse at least 30% of the pending wages to the casual and contract workers before February 20.