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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.
AMSU leader Dharitri Sarma released!
Estate workers resume their protest against the development project in Doloo tea estate
Women construction workers fear job loss, suffer silently amidst growing pollution
A local NGO talks to nearly 400 workers to raise awareness and understand women’s experience regarding air pollution
Doloo estate trade union leader detained!
According to AMSU members, the police as of Monday, are yet to state the reason for the detention
Assam: Doloo Tea Estate workers out on streets in protest
Other tea estate workers also join the protest highlighting the cultural diversity of tea estate workers
India’s tribal groups demand justice for Assam’s tea estate workers
AIUFWP and Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan express solidarity with workers in tea estates being cleared for an airport project
Doloo tea estate workers protest Greenfield Airport project
Amidst heavy rains and surrounded by security forces, Assam’s tea estate workers decry plans that leave them on the brink of unemployment and economic ruin
West Bengal: BSF personnel forcibly strip search, physically assault Muslim daily wage worker
Two women targeted the middle-aged woman's private parts while beating her
Chennai sanitation workers to go on indefinite strike!
Tired of contractual labour, workers write a letter to the city demanding job permanency with a stable income
Gujarat: Harassed, discriminated, Muslim fishermen plea for mass euthanasia
The fishermen say they are facing “political persecution,” and seek permission “to end their lives"
No payment received for six months: UP Anganwadi workers
After ASHAs and Mid-Day Meal cooks, now, Anganwadi workers complain of delayed wages since November 2021
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