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Prabhat Patnaik
Why India’s Ongoing Peasant Movement is no Ordinary Struggle
02 Oct 2021
It’s a do-or-die battle intertwined with working class, and puts the government in a position where it must declare openly if it stands with the people or with international big business.
Ravi Kaushal
Bharat Bandh: 'PM Speaks About Human Rights, Does He Not See Us?', Ask Farmers
26 Sep 2021
In its appeal, Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a collective of farmers’ organisations, has asked all “organisations of workers, traders, transporters, businessmen, students, youth and women and all social…
Sandip Chakraborty
Protest Marches and Rallies in West Bengal Ahead of Bandh on Sept 27
26 Sep 2021
While the AIKSCC has given a call for the bandh between 6 am and 4 pm, the trade unions have called for a 24-hour general strike on September 27.
Subodh Varma
Ground Down by Hardship, Farmers Ready for Historic Bandh on Sept 27
26 Sep 2021
Since last year, farmers have been fighting for the withdrawal of three farm laws passed by the Modi government.
The Leaflet
Why Does Bonded Labour Still Persist in India?
12 Sep 2021
While we may have entered the 21st century, bonded labour is still a reality in India. Manav Gupta and Kashish Gupta analyse the laws in India to protect from bonded labour and comment on the…
The Leaflet
Tamil Nadu Becomes Second State After Kerala to Establish Right to Sit for Workers
12 Sep 2021
The recent Tamil Nadu amendment bill seeks to provide mandatory seating facilities for employees in shops and establishments. Dr Kingshuk Sarkar writes about the need for other states to follow suit.
Newsclick Report
Modi Govt Creates Separate Ministry for Strengthening Cooperative Movement
07 Jul 2021
The cooperative nature of democracy, however, has been seen to be missing in action in the country, more so during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ronak Chhabra
IR Code: Amid COVID-19 Surge, Centre Proposes to ‘Limit’ Scope of Collective Bargaining in Industries
06 May 2021
'...in a classic adversarial industrial scenario, why would an employer initiate a process to ‘recognise’ a trade union as a negotiating body and thereby, put themselves in a rather challenged…
PTI
Labour Ministry Can Now Seek Aadhaar From Beneficiaries under Social Security Code
05 May 2021
Aadhaar would not be made mandatory for delivery of services under various social security schemes under the purview of the ministry because the Social Security Code has not been fully implemented so…
Newsclick Report
Labour Codes: Govt. Defers Implementation with States not Having Finalised Rules
31 Mar 2021
In a meeting with the government in January this year, the joint platform of Central Trade Unions had demanded that the Labour Ministry put on hold the four labour codes and start fresh discussions…