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Sandip Chakraborty
West Bengal: Major Gains Made by Workers Through CITU-led Festive Bonus Movement
07 Oct 2021
The yearly bonus during the festive season took a blow due to the pandemic, and the workers are fighting to reclaim it this year.
Sandip Chakraborty
West Bengal: Transport Workers Go Hungry Amid Joblessness During Lockdown
05 Jul 2021
More than 15 members of the rickshaw workers union have been admitted to hospitals in malnourished condition in South 24 Parganas district’s Garia area in the last few months, the secretary of the…
Ronak Chhabra
On May Day, Telangana Drivers Boycott Ola, Uber, Demand Compensation for Covid Infection
01 May 2021
Devastated by the second wave of COVID-19, the drivers demanded the cab aggregators to fix the fare rate and provide a fixed daily compensation to those infected.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Bharat Bandh: Traders, Merchants Shut Shops, Transport Workers Off Roads in Telangana and Andhra
26 Feb 2021
The traders’ associations are demanding simplification OF GST law while the transport workers are demanding subsidy on fuel prices, scrapping of new e-way bill rules.
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.
Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu Transport Workers ‘Betrayed’ by Govt, Wage Hike Indefinitely Postponed
13 Jan 2021
Transport workers have been awaiting a revision of wages since September 2019 when the previous settlement expired.
Sandip Chakraborty
Buses to Yellow Taxis to Car Pools – Transport Workers in Bengal Face Post-COVID Job Squeeze
02 Jan 2021
Even though lakhs of vehicles are not plying, they are still made to pay road tax, while workers are reeling under job losses and severe financial stress.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
‘Roll Back Fuel Price Hikes’: Transport Workers to Hold Bandh on December 7
05 Dec 2020
Hyderabad: Transport workers will shut operations across the country on December 7 to observe a protest day against the increased fuel prices and in support of the ongoing farmers’
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Telugu States See Massive Campaign Ahead of Joint Protests by Workers and Peasants
22 Nov 2020
From beedi workers to PSU employees, agricultural labourers and industrial workers will together hold protests on November 26-27 against the policies of the Modi government.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Transport Workers to Join All India Strike on November 26
07 Nov 2020
The all India coordination committee stated that the abnormal hike of diesel prices, insurance premium rates, toll charges, road tax and other charges have ruined the transport industry.