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Ronak Chhabra
Food Delivery Workers: Demand for Labour Regulation ‘Sandwiched’ Between Beef-Pork Row
14 Aug 2019
On August 9, a three-day dharna was staged by Swiggy delivery workers in Andhra Pradesh to demand that the government extend the ambit of labour laws to cover them as well.
Subodh Varma
How Labour Reforms Are Destroying Workers’ Lives in Rajasthan
04 Aug 2019
The Modi government has been lauding the state’s labour law changes but a Newsclick study shows the devastating effect on workers’ wages, workload and job security.
Newsclick Team
Indian Gig Workers Are Underpaid and Overworked: No Medical Insurance, No Job Rotation
02 Aug 2019
NewsClick’s field story on Zomato, Swiggy workers looks at how this gig economy is bypassing the employer-employee relationship to earn profits.
Sumedha Pal
Central TUs Protest Against Codification of Labour Laws
02 Aug 2019
The workers and the unions have stressed that the proposed changes are oriented towards benefiting owners of the factories, making it easier for them to repress workers’ movements and curtail their…
Subodh Varma
Modi vs Workers: Destruction of Protective Labour Laws Begins
31 Jul 2019
The Code on Wages, passed by Lok Sabha, destroys the norms of computing minimum wages, opens the door to longer working hours and dilutes the inspection and penalty system.
Newsclick Report
Labour Codes: Central Trade Unions Call for Nationwide Protest on August 2
25 Jul 2019
Except the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the protest call has been supported by all central trade unions.
Newsclick Report
'Proposed Labour Codes Will Further Destroy Workers’ Rights’
17 Jul 2019
Rights activists, trade unions call for united struggle to oppose Modi government’s anti-labour moves and attack on press freedom.
Ronak Chhabra
Second Innings of Modi Govt to Mislead Workers and Tame Trade Unions
11 Jul 2019
Two out of four labour code bills – Code on Wage Bill and Code on Occupational, Safety, Health and Working Conditions Bill – are ready to be introduced in Parliament in the June-July session.
Newsclick Report
National Campaign for Construction Workers Oppose New Labour Codes
09 Jul 2019
The proposed 4 Labour Codes will entail the repealing of 44 existing labour laws, including the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.
Sumedha Pal
Ground Report: Brick Kiln Workers in UP Simmer in the Heat Without Food, Water and Regular Wages
28 Jun 2019
With the onset of monsoons approaching, a Newsclick team travelled to Bijnor to speak to brick kiln workers in the region.