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Manan Kumar
New Tea Law Brews Dissent
22 Jan 2022
Trade unions are up in arms against the draft Tea (Development and Promotion) Bill, 2022 mooted by the ministry of commerce and industry to replace the 1953 Tea Act. The unions say that this will…
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…
PTI
Joint Forum of Trade Unions Calls 2-day Nationwide Strike on Feb 23-24
06 Dec 2021
The joint forum also backed the 2-day countrywide bank strike on December 16-17 by the United Forum of Bank Unions and the strike decision by Electricity Employees’ joint forum on February 1.
Sruti MD
Fight for Wage Revision Pacts Bears Fruit in Tamil Nadu’s Big Industries
04 Oct 2021
While the trade unions demand the labour laws to be followed, the management finds loopholes to bypass them. But the automobile workers in Tamil Nadu have brought about positive change.
Ronak Chhabra
Delhi Trade Unions Slam AAP, Call for One-Day Strike on Nov 25
11 Sep 2021
Workers will protest the increasing contractualisation of employment and the non-implementation of minimum wages.
Newsclick Team
Farm Laws, Labour Codes: Countrywide Protests by Workers, Farmers Mark ‘Save India Day’ on August 9
09 Aug 2021
Dharnas, demonstrations demand repeal of farm laws, labour codes, amendment to Electricity Bill, among others. Protesters submit memoranda in all district headquarters.
Associated Press
Swedish Furnishing Major Ikea Fined $1.2 Million for Spying on Union Leaders, Staff in France
15 Jun 2021
Trade unions accused Ikea France of collecting personal data by fraudulent means, notably via illegally obtained police files, and illicitly disclosing personal information.
Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu: Big Factories Becoming COVID-19 Super Spreaders in Lockdown
14 May 2021
In a letter to the CM, the CITU has pointed out that several big industries were fully functioning under some plea or other, risking lives of workers and society in general.
PTI
Farmer Unions Call for Bharat Bandh on March 26
10 Mar 2021
Farmer leader Buta Singh Burjgill said farmers along with trade unions will protest the hike in fuel prices and privatisation of railways on March 15.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Fuel Price Rise: ‘Govt. Unbothered by Crisis Ridden Transport Sector’
20 Feb 2021
The transport workers’ unions have been demanding that the government restores duties and taxes on fuel as of March 1, 2020.