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Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra Farmers Call for Statewide Protest on Republic Day
14 Jan 2021
Protests across 35 districts are being held on Makar Sankranti today and copies farm and labour laws are being burnt on the call of the united front of farmers, workers and secular progressive…
Subodh Varma
The Year That Was….People Fight Back a Hostile Government
27 Dec 2020
Like the rest of the world, India too has gone through a turbulent year – the agony of a sweeping pandemic that has afflicted over one crore people till now, as per official records – though the ac
Ronak Chhabra
Central Trade Unions Boycott Government Meeting over Labour Rules, Call Consultation ‘Farce’
24 Dec 2020
Mentioning that a one-day virtual conference would serve “no fruitful purpose”, the unions instead demand a physical meeting for each of the four codes.
PTI
4 Labourers Dead, 2 Injured as Factory Roof Collapses in West Delhi’s Khyala
19 Dec 2020
Six labourers, including three women, were inside the factory when the incident took place. The dead include three women.
Newsclick Report
Violence Erupts in Wistron’s iPhone Plant in Karnataka Over ‘Delayed Salary Payments’
12 Dec 2020
The trigger for “violence” by workers was due to weeks of anger building up against delayed salary payment as also wage cuts and change in work contracts in Naraspura plant of the Taiwan-…
Neelambaran A
TN This Week: Cyclone Nivar Causes Severe Crop Damages, North Chennai Residents Allege Neglect, Over 50,000 Detained During Nov 26 Strike
28 Nov 2020
The farmers in affected districts have suffered severe losses as paddy, sugarcane, and banana were destroyed by the winds and heavy rain. Fishermen in the coastal villages were affected as they…
DR K R Shyam Sundar
Social Security Code Limits Workers Access to Benefits Through Bureaucracy-Raj
23 Nov 2020
Unimaginative and obscure rulemaking will make it difficult for workers to access benefits that the law entitles them to, argues Dr.
Varsha Torgalkar
Death of a Tribal Labourer Highlights Need for Social Security for Migrant Workers
12 Nov 2020
‘The family was not aware that they should have gone to the police with the dead body and get a post-mortem done. All of them looked confused when asked if they had gone to the police or doctors…
Shilpa Shaji
No Minimum Wage, No Maternity Leave: How NBFCs in Kerala are Exploiting Employees
27 Oct 2020
Muthoot Finance and Manappuram Finance, two leading NBFCs, have been witnessing large scale protests by their employees against anti-worker policies.
Ronak Chhabra
‘Cruel Farce’: Retrenched Workers May Have to Prove Re-skilling, says Report
12 Oct 2020
The re-skilling fund, introduced through a new labour code bill, may end up discouraging workers from using it, fear experts.