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John Deere Striking Workers Emerge Victorious After Winning Major Concessions
19 Nov 2021
Employees of US agriculture and construction machine maker signed the third contract during the biggest private sector strike in recent years.
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
COVID-19: Workers Reject PM Modi's Suggestion to Stay Put, Exodus Continues
22 Apr 2021
In his address to the nation on Tuesday, April 20, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to labourers to stay back where their workplaces were. The appeal does not seem to have worked.
Saurabh Sharma
Gorakhpur: Ignored by Employers and the State, Workers on the Brink of Starvation
15 May 2020
Without jobs, workers from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s former constituency have exhausted their savings and are close to starvation.
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra: Despite Available Work, Close to Half of the Workforce Has Not Returned
09 May 2020
Despite the state government easing the lockdown for industrial work, only about 5.2 lakh labourers have returned to work against the need for 9.6 lakh workers.
Amey Tirodkar
42 Labourers Die, Rs 7,000 Crore Worth Welfare Funds Unused in Maharashtra
08 Jul 2019
The Maharashtra state labour board has funds worth of Rs 7,482 crore presently, according to the board's website. However, only Rs 722 crore have been spent till now.
Sagrika Kissu
Living on the Edge: Over 150 Construction Workers Died in 2018
30 Oct 2018
The recent death of three construction workers and an engineer at a DDA construction site indicate the government’s ignorance of the workers’ demands.