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CTUs Protest Across Country Against Modi’s Anti-Worker, Anti-Farmer Bills
23 Sep 2020
The protests were held in the wake of passing of the three labour Bills concerning ‘Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions’, ‘Social Security’ and ‘Industrial Relations’.
Neelambaran A
Chennai Corporation Terminates 291 Sanitation Workers, Suspends Union Office Bearers for Demanding Fair Wages
23 Sep 2020
The contract workers were informed of their termination orally, without any prior notice from the GCC. They have been at the front-lines since March, even before the novel coronavirus began infecting…
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Andhra Construction Workers Protest Against Diversion of Welfare Funds
18 Sep 2020
Workers are alleging that the government has diverted Rs 450 crore from the construction workers’ welfare fund for other state schemes instead of utilising the funds for construction workers.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Exclusive Trade Unions for Migrant Workers Take Shape Across States
14 Sep 2020
CITU sources NewsClick spoke to conceded that formation of trade unions exclusively of migrant labourers engaged their serious attention as news flowed in about how workers stared at starvation as…
Neelambaran A
TN this Week: COVID-19 Cases to Breach 5 Lakh Mark, Sanitation Workers and BHEL Employees Hold Protest
12 Sep 2020
Two NEET aspirants died by suicide in the state, leading political parties to reiterate their demand of scrapping the examination altogether.
Neelambaran A
TN This Week: Unlock 4 in State, BJP Leader Paints Clash as Communal, NEET Aspirant Dies by Suicide
05 Sep 2020
A murder, resulting from previous enmity between two gangs in Ramanathapuram district, was projected as a communal issue. The Superintendent of Police (SP), Varun Kumar, who denied any religious…
Newsclick Team
FIR Against Protesters, Violence Against Journalists and More
13 Aug 2020
In today's Daily Round-Up, we talk about workers, including ASHA workers, against whom an FIR was registered on Monday at the Parliament Street police station for demonstrating at Jantar Mantar.
Newsclick Team
Save India Day by Farmers-Workers, Increasing COVID-19 Cases and More
10 Aug 2020
In today's Daily Round-up, we will talk about the countrywide protest demonstrations organised by the workers and farmers against the government's anti-people policies.
Ronak Chhabra
Nationwide Call to ‘Save India’ Observed by Over 1 Crore Working People: CTUs
09 Aug 2020
Farmers, scheme workers, public sector employees across the country hold protests against the Modi government’s “anti-people” policies being pushed under the pretext of pandemic.
Ronak Chhabra
Behind Scheme Workers’ Plight, ‘Undervaluation’ of Women’s Labour
08 Aug 2020
On August 8, the scheme workforce completed a two-day work strike, which the union leaders said they were ‘forced’ to, in a bid to press for demands including minimum wages and workers’ rights.