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Ronak Chhabra
Neemrana: Rift Over Lockdown Wages Shows why Negotiation Not a ‘Practical Solution’ for Workers
12 Jun 2020
The Supreme Court on Friday batted for negotiations between employers and workers on the issue of payment during the lockdown. Unions fear that such an arrangement will prove less beneficial for…
Ronak Chhabra
Delhi Govt’s Lip Service to Full Wages, Safety Irks DTC Workers
05 Jun 2020
Not all contract workers received full payment for lockdown period; drivers, conductors are not being thermally screened.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Telangana: 4 Contract Workers Killed in Explosion at Open Cast Coal Mining Site in Singareni Collieries
03 Jun 2020
The coal mine workers were outsourced by a private contractor company -- Mahalaxmi Infracontract Limited Company, which was booked for negligence in a major open cast mining accident in Jharkhand in…
Neelambaran A
COVID-19: 9,674 Cases in Tamil Nadu, Cities Back to Normal as Lockdown Norms Relaxed
15 May 2020
The mental health of medical workers across the state has been neglected while the GCC has appointed health inspectors on contract basis, leaving them with lesser means to face a pandemic.
Neelambaran A
BSNL Retrenches Contract Workers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Violates Labour Ministry Advisory
14 May 2020
The workers also allege that they have not been paid according to the Madras High Court’s order in February this year.
Newsclick Report
COVID-19: Concerned Citizens Write to Govts Demanding Emergency Relief Measures for Vulnerable Groups
24 Mar 2020
The letter proposes an emergency relief package programme of Rs 7,000 per poor household per month for the months of April and May.
Ronak Chhabra
Honda Protest and How it Ended: A Sneak Peek into Dismal Labour Practices in India
07 Mar 2020
In a sinking economy that is championing contractualisation of labour to save itself from drowning, workers are required to be meek and pliable.
Newsclick Report
Delhi Govt Asks NLU Delhi to Submit Factual Report on Suspension of 55 Workers
15 Feb 2020
The students, along with the workers, have been agitating for last 40 days demanding reinstatement of the staff who have been serving the university since its inception for the last 12 years.
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…
Ronak Chhabra
Honda Retaliates: Union Leaders Suspended; Production at Manesar To Resume From Nov 25
23 Nov 2019
‘Many workers now feel that they shouldn’t have evicted the plant as doing so has only allowed the company to resume the production without resolving the issue.’