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Prudhviraj Rupavath
Hard Hit by Pandemic, How Female Garment Workers are Fighting Exploitation in AP and Karnataka
30 Dec 2020
An estimated 40% of garment and textile workers in Karnataka and about 50% in Andhra Pradesh’s Hindupur region lost their jobs after COVID-19 outbreak.
Sagari R Ramdas
Will Karnataka’s New Bill Sound the Death Knell for its Cattle Wealth?
15 Dec 2020
The enactment of the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, is part of a policy to silently destroy cattle wealth through anti-slaughter laws. Already, 21 states…
Ronak Chhabra
Amid Labour Stir, Workers Blame Toyota for ‘Horrible Work Conditions’
12 Nov 2020
The management at Toyota’s manufacturing facility in Karnataka’s Bidadi had declared an indefinite lockout leading to workers staging dharna in front of the company gate.
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…
Rahul Machaiah
Karnataka’s Withdrawal of Criminal Cases against Politicians Violates ‘Equality before the Law’
12 Sep 2020
It is deplorable that the power to withdraw cases from prosecution has been used to create a class of citizens who may go scot-free merely due to their political affiliations.
Rajendra Chenni
Remembering Gauri Lankesh: Adamant Ideologue to Some, Akka to the Underprivileged
05 Sep 2020
‘I was still sceptical about her. But, by the third annual meeting at Chikkamagaluru, she had not only joined the movement, but had the audacity to invite me to "our" meeting!’
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Karnataka: Workers To Burn Copies of Ordinance Changing Labour Laws On July 29
27 Jul 2020
The state cabinet on July 23 cleared an ordinance making changes in the labour laws which, unions argue, will take away social and legal protection of over 70% workers in the state.
Ronak Chhabra
Karnataka: ASHA, Sanitation Workers Battle Govt Neglect Amid Pandemic
24 Jul 2020
July 24 marks the 15th day of the indefinite strike waged by around 42,000 ASHA workers; while sanitation workers staged multiple protests in the state capital.
Seema Sharma
After its Disappearance from Karnataka, the Great Indian Bustard GIB Vulnerable in Many States
23 Jul 2020
There is little hope for Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, where only 15 female bustards are left – without any males. They are doomed to disappear as a result. Madhya Pradesh has already lost…
Ayswarya Murthy
Contract Healthcare Workers in Bengaluru Get a Raw Deal
21 Jul 2020
A series of protests in the city on Monday exposed the vulnerability of contract healthcare workers, who work in close quarters with the COVID-19 patients in the city’s hospitals.