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Ronak Chhabra
Delhi: Trade Union’s Cycle Campaign Sparks Conversations over ‘Burning Issues’ Among Workers
17 Oct 2021
Among their major demands is Rs. 26,000 as minimum wage in the national capital region along with withdrawal of the four labour codes.
Amey Tirodkar
Big Cities Shut, Bus Services Disrupted During Maharashtra Bandh
11 Oct 2021
The strike was called by the ruling alliance and supported by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha.
Tarique Anwar
‘Farmers From Kashmir to Kanyakumari Joined Bharat Bandh’
27 Sep 2021
BKU said the unprecedented lockdown was a slap on the faces of those who dubbed the movement as a protest by only three states.
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Lakhs of Govt. Scheme Workers On Strike Today
24 Sep 2021
They have written to PM Modi, asking for better wages and risk allowance as frontline workers.
Ronak Chhabra
What Pushed Scheme Workers to Call for 2nd Strike Since Pandemic Hit Country?
17 Sep 2021
The national joint platform of workers engaged under numerous government-sponsored schemes – ranging from ensuring health to rural households to providing meals to school children – has called for
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Hard Hit by Pandemic, How Female Garment Workers are Fighting Exploitation in AP and Karnataka
30 Dec 2020
An estimated 40% of garment and textile workers in Karnataka and about 50% in Andhra Pradesh’s Hindupur region lost their jobs after COVID-19 outbreak.
Ronak Chhabra
Defence Employees’ Indefinite Strike ‘Deferred’: What Do Union Leaders Say?
10 Oct 2020
Nearly 82,000 defence employees – more than 75% of the total workforce – were set to strike for an indefinite period beginning Monday, October 12.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Andhra: Thousands of Textile Workers in Texport Industries in Hindupur on Strike Demanding Minimum Wages
09 Oct 2020
Workers are alleging that they are being paid as low as Rs 6,000 per month, the lowest among the nineteen units owned by the company.
Ronak Chhabra
Haryana: ASHA Workers’ Demand for Risk Allowance Remains Unmet Even After Two Weeks Strike
22 Aug 2020
The workers union has also given a call to extend the strike till August 26 and gherao the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on that day when the state Assembly’s monsoon session is set to begin.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Telangana: Contractual Nurses at Gandhi Hospital Begin Strike Demanding Regularisation
11 Jul 2020
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, over 300 doctors and healthcare workers have tested positive for the virus in the state.