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Demand that Modi provides Rs 1 crore compensation for migrant worker, Ram Narayan Baghel killed by right wing goons in Kerala: AIKS

Apart from condemning the shocking killing, by lynching of migrant worker, Ram Narayan Baghel killed by right wing goons belonging to the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) and BJP in Palakkad, Kerala, the AIKS has demanded that the Modi Government to provide Rs. 1 crore as ex- gratia compensation to the family of the deceased

Bank Employees to Go on Strike for a Day on Nov 19 Against ‘Growing Attacks’

The industrial action, which is expected to be joined by lakhs of employees, thereby affecting banking services across the country, will also see the raising of a host of other non-financial demands, an AIBEA leader told NewsClick on Tuesday.

Joint meetings on labour codes fail to evolve consensus

A vast majority of the trade unions urge Bhupender Yadav to withdraw the four codes; outfits including the BMS demand that the Centre immediately convene the Indian Labour Conference

A path towards combined protection of the environment and workers’ livelihoods

Workers need compensation and reparation for the unemployment caused by environment regulations

“We do not sit at their doorpost”: Sanitation Castes and the Untouchability Within

Thinking false superiority to be true, sanitation castes continue to live in misconceptions.

Continuing deaths of sewer workers reveals a cynical culture of impunity

In an extremely tragic accident on October 5 in...

Agra: Shopkeepers, artisans near Taj Mahal face bleak future

Left in the lurch after court order barring commercial activities within 500 meters of Taj Mahal, many of them run small businesses that have been handed down over generations

With Demand for MGNREGA Work Increasing in Sept 2022, Activists Warn About Rural Distress

As per the data, the September demand – which was 16.7 million under the household segment and 20.2 million when it comes to individuals – remained higher than the pre-COVID levels, even as the figures for the same month are lower than last year.

‘No Distinction’ Between Workers: Manesar Auto Firm’s Union Defends Membership to Contract Worker

Last year, union granted membership to a contract worker of company, a move that prompted state’s Labour Commissioner-cum-Registrar of Trade Unions to seek explanation from the former earlier this month.

22 Organisations protest against imposition of Section 144 in Sangrur

A most unwarranted ban on democratic protests was imposed...

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