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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.
Ronak Chhabra
Air India Unions Mull Strike If Employees’ Concerns Not Addressed Ahead Of Privatisation
29 Jan 2020
The Modi government is “hurriedly” going with the plan of selling off Air India without bringing all the parties into confidence which will only create more “mess”, said an employees’ representative…
Ronak Chhabra
Strike, Strike, Indefinite Strike: Bank Unions Call for Action After Wage Revision Talks Fail
16 Jan 2020
The wage revision of the bank employees has been pending since 2017.
Ronak Chhabra
Haryana Roadways Workers to Strike Work Against KM Scheme on Jan 8
04 Jan 2020
The two-day strike of the Haryana Roadways workers will coincide with the general strike called by ten central trade unions and grameen bandh called by farmers’ organisations.
Ronak Chhabra
Another Nail in the Coffin: IR Code Introduced in Parliament
29 Nov 2019
The code restricts outsiders to an establishment from holding an office bearer position in the trade union, another provision included overlooking the objections raised by the representatives of the…
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TSRTC Workers End Strike as CM Asks Them to Rejoin
29 Nov 2019
The strike that began October 5 was taken forward in a peaceful manner with various forms of demonstrations including rallies, hunger strikes and dawn-to-dusk sadak bandh.