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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…
Sanjay Kumar
Life and Death of Working People in India
20 Feb 2021
According to news reports, the death toll due to the flash flood in Rishiganga i
Ronak Chhabra
UNITE Protests ‘Unilateral’ Decision by Cognizant to Increase Work Hours
16 Feb 2021
Long work hours not good for well-being. Also studies show productivity is high only in first 5-6 hours, which is why there’s a push for reducing work hours from even eight-hours, say experts.
Newsclick Report
‘Meeting was Farce’: Central Trade Unions Ask Govt to Put Labour Codes on Hold, Start Fresh Discussions
21 Jan 2021
The unions said they have outright rejected the move of the government to frame Rules on the four labour codes citing alleged lapses in consultation procedure.
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.