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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.
12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list
Following the recently unleashed hysteria on the misnomer “Bangladeshi immigrants”, spearheaded by BJP elected officials from the Centre to States, as many as 12 Bengali migrant workers have been murdered, revealing the physical targeted harm that can flow out of systemic hate speech made by those in public authority; these are statistics compiled by the West Bengal Migrants Welfare Board; 4 of the 12 killed have been in “progressive” Maharashtra and 10 in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
February 12: Workers and Farmers Forge a Historic Axis of Resistance Across India
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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
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India’s New Labour Codes: A critical appraisal
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With the Government officially rolling out its long-discussed labour reforms, India stands at a crossroads. Do the new Codes advance labour rights — or do they quietly shift the balance of power toward employers under the guise of reform?
Appeal to Parliamentarians against repeal of MNREGA: Dr Manoj Jha & activists
Dr Manoj Jha, academic activist associated with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and also a member of the Rajya Sabha has appealed to the fellow parliamentarians against repealing the forward looking and empowering Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 and replacing it with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025; meanwhile senior activists have also protested this move
Labour Rights Endangered: Four labour codes passed without worker or state governments’ consultation or consent
The Peoples’ Commission on Public Sector and Services comprising of well-known academics and former government servants apart from public intellectuals has called for the immediate revocation of the recently, unilaterally enacted Four Labour Codes; demanded that existing labour laws be brought fully in alignment with the letter and spirit of the Directive Principles of the Constitution and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to which India is a signatory
MNREGA to G RAM G: Ideological shift, erosion of rural workers’ rights, increase of fiscal burden on states
In continuance of its assault on constitutional rights, the Constitution itself and a rights based framework in rural work, the Modi 3.0 government’s introduction of a Bill to replace the MGNREGA 2005 twenty years later negates the basic concept and approach of a robust demand driven law
Every Wave Has a Memory: Women, Waters and the Promise of November 5
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