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Neelambaran A
TN: Workers in Small Plantations Denied Minimum Wages, Welfare Measures
05 May 2022
Workers in small rubber plantations are affected directly by the falling prices of rubber, labour and export policies of the Union government.
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Workers of 100 Amazon US Warehouses Plan to Join Union
09 Apr 2022
Employees of the tech giant’s NYC facility had voted to form the first union in a historic win last week.
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‘Massive’ Participation Seen Across Sectors as 2-Day Nationwide Strike Call by CTUs Ends
29 Mar 2022
New Delhi: The two-day nationwide strike on March 28-29, called by 10 central trade unions (CTUs), saw widespread participation across sectors “despite the threats of victim
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Parliament: Opposition Raises Issues Related to Nationwide TU Strike in Rajya Sabha
29 Mar 2022
John Brittas (CPI-M) and Binoy Viswam (CPI) said lives and livelihood of people are in "great turmoil" and the government should take remedial measures to mitigate their woes.
Sandip Chakraborty
WB: App-Based Delivery Workers Seek Govt Intervention on Employment Conditions
11 Mar 2022
Trade union organisers find workers in the gig economy, unlike those in other sectors, extremely eager to form unions, signalling at their particularly depraved working conditions.
Bharat Dogra
Budget ‘23 Must Not Forget India’s Growing Elderly Population
01 Feb 2022
Demands for universal pension must get treated as urgent: India only spends 0.04% of the budget on old age social security.
Neelambaran A
Demanding Lost Jobs, Workers of Dongsong, Foxconn Hold Relay Hunger Strike
10 Jan 2022
The companies have started functioning again after ending operations in 2014 and 2018, respectively. The workers who lost their jobs are still languishing to get their jobs back.
Subodh Varma
2021 -- A Year of Resistance, and Victories
31 Dec 2021
Through the year, industrial workers, employees, farmers, self-employed workers, men-women, young-old – all sections of working people as also unemployed – fought back the relentless attack on their…
Kingshuk Sarkar
Four-Day Work Week not Legally Tenable Under New Labour Law Regime
29 Dec 2021
Recent news about having the possibility of a four-day workweek following the implementation of new labour codes is not legally feasible. Such information creates unnecessary and avoidable confusion…
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: Faulty Boiler, Negligent Management Behind Blast That Killed 7 Workers and Injured 10
27 Dec 2021
The factory management has been accused of neglecting the workers' complaints about the faulty boiler and also failed to obtain a no-objection certificate from the district fire department.