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Sit Where We Stand: The segregated back rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces

The absence of dignified break rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces is a visible residue of caste-exclusionary practices that have become normalised. Women who work here—whether in universities or elsewhere—are often left with no option but to rest on bathroom floors.

Declining trend in unemployment rates in urban and rural areas: Ministry of Labour

In the ongoing Parliament session, the Ministry put forth data to indicate that total unemployment rate for 2020-21 was at 4.2%

UP: Midday Meal Workers Struggle to Make Ends Meet, Unpaid Since March

Workers allege meagre honorarium of Rs 2000 per month unpaid since March; Teachers helping and paying from own pockets.

Garment Workers Union Plans Strike Over Wage Non-Revision in Karnataka

The industry has blocked efforts by the state government to give even modest pay hikes to workers.

Zero reported deaths due to manual scavenging: Ramdas Athawale

Is the government denying responsibility by referring to such death as deaths brought on by dangerous cleaning of septic tanks and sewers?

Street Light Workers of Lucknow Municipality on Strike After no Salary for 6 Months

Nearly 400 contractual employees were facing a financial crunch as their salaries have seen inordinate delay even though they get paid much less than regular workers.

Anti-Adani Kerala sea port protest: 3,000 booked over alleged police station attack at Vizhinjam, all-party meeting today

While the police has stated that the protesters had provoked the violence, the representative of the protesters’ has stated that the “violence was scripted by the ruling party with help of the BJP”

Mazdoor Kisan Maha Panchayat staged by Besonika Mazdoor Union in Manesar 

In Manesar in Haryana.the Besonika Mazdoor Union held a...

Kerala: Swiggy Workers’ Strike Enters Third Day in Kochi

Workers of Swiggy in Kochi are demanding a revision in the minimum remuneration for food delivery, besides timely payment of incentives and tips.

Fewer Jobs, Lower Wages: Workers Flay Centre for Neglecting their Interests

Hundreds of workers, led by Delhi-based Mazdoor Adhikar Sangharsh Abhiyan (MASA), gathered at Ramleela Maidan on Sunday demanding declaration of Rs. 26,000 per month as minimum wage.

Broken promises: Assam govt’s decision to abolish 8,000 teaching posts widely condemned

Organisations cutting across sectors and ethnicities have widely condemned the decision proudly announced by Assam chief minister Himanto Biswas Sarma though it was taken six months back

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