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Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra
A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.
ASHA Workers ‘Pay Price for Protest’: 25 Terminated, 10 Booked for ‘Rioting’ in Madhya Pradesh
Since 2018, around 84,000 ASHA workers in Madhya Pradesh have been facing challenges in their pursuit of a wage hike similar to their counterparts in states like Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and others.
Kerala shock: yet another brutal lynching of migrant labourer
In the second lynching case, eerily similar to that of Attappady Madhu, 37-year-old Bihar youth Rajesh Manjhi was beaten to death by a mob at Kizhissery in the early hours of Sunday, May 14
Delhi: Thousands of Workers to Assemble at Mahapadav on August 9 to Oppose Privatisation, Labour Codes
The central trade unions and federations have been finalising plans to hold dharnas at labour commissioners’ offices and district magistrate offices over the next three months.
Aftermath of Demolition Drive in Tughlakabad: Hunger and Homelessness Rife
Exhausted by trying all means of justice, Tughlakabad residents start hunger strike
Govt of India ‘hugely underutilising’ funds meant for major working class schemes
Fund utilization data for the first ten and a...
Tamil Nadu’s ‘race to the bottom’ in increasing working hours comes from a misplaced notion of competitiveness to attract investment
This understanding that being competitive for industry means squeezing work out of an already stressed workforce needs a serious re-examination
Amidst Strong Opposition, Tamil Nadu Withholds Factories Act
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Trade unions held spontaneous protests in many parts of the state against amendments to the Factories Act. The meeting of all trade unions gave a call for strike on May 12.
Safai Shramik Union raises demands for a law that safeguards rights of sanitation workers: Maharashtra
In the letter addressed to the MLA, the union has highlighted the difficulties faced by the sanitation workers as well as the lack of government facilities guaranteed to them
Manual Scavenging continues unabated, Indian Govts turns a deaf ear to acknowledge this systemic, extreme violence
Even as Supreme Court directs governments to meet to discuss implementation of a central law, abolition of manual scavenging, a callous system has a lukewarm response
Gujarat: 3 lose their lives and 2 hospitalised from toxic sewer gas exposure; investigation launched
Second incident of death due to asphyxiation reported in two weeks, is this a sign of state negligence?
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