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Damayantee Dhar
Sugarcane Workers of Gujarat District Trapped in Spiral of Debt
03 Sep 2021
Sugarcane harvesters of Dang are neither recognised as workers by mill owners nor considered as agrarian labourers.
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra Bidi Workers Waiting for Wage Hike Since 2014
24 Aug 2021
4 lakh bidi workers being exploited with the increase in wages announced 7 years ago still unimplemented.
Ronak Chhabra
Coal India Unions Stick to Demand of 50% Hike in Wages
21 Aug 2021
CIL chairman had reportedly said it would be difficult to raise wages due to financial constraints.
Sumedha Pal
COVID Crisis: Rescue Operations for Bonded Labour at Halt, Exploitation Grows
02 Jun 2021
The lockdown has meant limited movement, lack of legal attention and continued exploitation of marginalised workers in informal set-ups agreeing to pay hefty loans and working at meagre wages, all in…
Sumedha Pal
Informal Sector Workers Continue to Struggle with Low Wages, High Debts: ActionAid Report
08 Nov 2020
Almost 24% of the respondents reported having earned no wages in the unlock phases and close to 50% said that their monthly wages were less than Rs 5,000.
KR Shyam Sundar
What is Wrong With the Centre’s New Labour Codes
22 Sep 2020
The new labour codes of the government are mere instruments for labour law flexibility, without considering the consequences for workers.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Looking to Return Home, Telangana’s Migrant Workers Protest For Two Days
04 May 2020
According to the state government’s estimates, 4.10 lakh migrant workers are currently in labour camps across the state.
Newsclick Team
BSNL Contract Workers' Salary Pending for Nearly 1 Year
08 Feb 2020
The contract workers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) across the country have been waiting for their wages for more than 11 months. So far, seven contract workers have been forced to kill…
Newsclick Report
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.
Newsclick Team
How Is India's Garment Industry Exploiting Its Workers?
20 Jun 2019
Let's take a look at NewsClick's field report on how 20,000 garment workers in Udyog Vihar, Haryana are surviving in miserable living conditions.