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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.
“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.
Inspired by health for all motto, built by workers: Shaheed Hospital of Chhattisgarh
At a time when the trend of trying to...
‘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...
Bengal: ‘Sagar Mela Project, Blue Revolution Leading to Victimisation of Fisherfolk’
At an all- India convention in Sunderbans, the fishing community said privatisation of ports, entry of foreign trawlers and big capital had hit their livelihood badly.
Rural Workers Struggle for Proper Implementation of Jobs Scheme
One of the most widely discussed rural initiatives from...
WB: Employees’ Associations Calls for Renewed Struggles to ‘Save LIC’
Two hundred seventy-five delegates from 8 divisions attended the state conference of Life Insurance Corporation Agents Organisation of India.
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