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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.
Yusuf Meherally Centre completes 60 years of rural empowerment!
MoS Tatkare and freedom fighter GG Parikh visited the area on Sunday to honour revolutionary Yusuf Meher Ali’s memory
Just gratuity not enough: Anganwadi workers
Anganwadi workers and helper unions remind their salaries are meagre and often delayed; many were frontline workers during Covid-19 and some were even martyred
A Labour Day befitting India’s Constitution
Be it labour and Dalit classes uniting, or religious groups dining together, May Day was a breath of fresh air amidst India's communal atmosphere
Migrant labourers: Guests or victims?
Daily challenges include disguised unemployment, lack of safety measures, exploitation by unscrupulous employers
Wave white scarves on Labour Day to battle hate
A citizens’ campaign suggests organic ways to assert their stand against communal attacks in India
Anganwadi workers, helpers entitled to gratuity payment: SC
In a detailed order acknowledging the contributions of anganwadi centres and its workers, the apex court recognises the womens’ right to gratuity payment
Manual scavengers: Abandoned by state, derided by society
Lives of manual sewer cleaners appear to have little value Delhi
Sanitation workers say ₹190 cr PF pending since 2009
After back-to-back protests, the municipality has promised to provide worker dues
Haryana: Protest a constitutional right: CITU
CITU calls out govt’s tyranny in penalising protesting workers
MPs takes GoI to task on unemployment
After the failure to provide data for 2020, the Centre answered Lok Sabha questions with better figures on the state of jobs in India
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