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Prudhviraj Rupavath
Karnataka: Garment Workers’ Protest at Gokaldas Exports Unit Enters 24th Day
30 Jun 2020
Women workers are arguing that the reasons given for layoffs are patently false and that it is an attempt to target the unionised workers in Euro Clothing Company II.
Karnataka: Unions Oppose Increase in Working Hours, Term it as Pro-industrialist
23 May 2020
The move comes after three BJP ruled states have recently announced drastic exemptions in labour laws in hope of investments, at the behest of workers’ rights.
New Ordinance Will Remove Social Control on Agriculture, Say Karnataka Farmers
22 May 2020
The farmers’ organisations and Opposition in the state are protesting against the state government’s ordinance amending the APMC Act which will allow private players to open markets.
Pavan Kulkarni
Ordinances Issued by State Governors to Freeze Labour Laws Unconstitutional, Says Former SC Judge
15 May 2020
After the Karnataka government recommended its governor to pass a similar ordinance, Justice Venkate Gopala Gowda has argued in an open letter that such an ordinance passed without prior presidential…
Ayaskant Das
Central Government’s Push Behind Suspension of Labour Rights in States?
14 May 2020
It is noteworthy that rights of workers have been suspended despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorting employers during the initial phase of the lockdown period not to cut down jobs.
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Trade Unions Protest Against Karnataka Govt, Say No to Easing of Labour Laws
11 May 2020
The Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions (JCTU) noted that working class rights of eight-hour days and right to stable employment were hard-won rights.
Pavan Kulkarni
COVID-19: K’taka Govt Agrees to Resume Trains for Migrant Workers After Trade Unions Accuse State of Enforcing Forced Labour
08 May 2020
The BJP-led Karnataka government has agreed to resume the train services scheduled to return migrant workers back to their native villages, after delegates repre
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Barbarism Amid COVID-19 Lockdown and Supreme Court on Reservations!
25 Apr 2020
In times of the coronavirus crisis, some politicians and sections of the media have spread hatred in such a manner that now many barbaric incidents are being reported.
Mohammed Zubair
Public TV Falsely Claims Muslim Youths in Karnataka Refuse Coronavirus Testing for “Religious Reasons”
17 Mar 2020
In the backdrop of global COVID-19 outbreak, Kannada channel Public TV aired a show on March 14 where it was claimed that four Muslim youths in Sultan Street, Bhatkal in Karnataka refused coronavirus…
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Karnataka School Slapped with Sedition for Staging Anti-CAA Play
28 Jan 2020
The complainant alleged that the play showed PM Narendra Modi in “bad light”.