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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
e-SHRAM records over 8 crore registrations, but are all inequalities addressed?
The Labour and Employment Ministry claimed successful growth of the portal due to high registrations from the informal sector, but there are still some lacunae
UP: Mid-day meal cooks get Rs. 7,500 but three months salary still pending
Varanasi’s local authorities say they could only pay five months of mid-day meal cooks’ salaries with the funds they received
MDM cooks refute gov’t claims of 8-month wage payment
While MDMA claims that the eight-month pending wages have been transferred, MDM cooks say their accounts reflect no such transactions
UP: Mid-day meal cooks not paid wages for eight months of wages
While government officials claim that the women will soon receive their wages, cooks-cum-helpers how long they can survive without money.
UP: Anganwadi workers, MDM cooks and ASHA workers non paid wages for months!
Workers decry the government's failure to address fiscal issues addressed in their own manifestoes
Delhi workers gherao Kejriwal’s house, demand regularisation
Workers condemned the AAP government for repeatedly failing to address contract workers’ concerns despite including them in election manifestos
Contract workers to gherao Kejriwal’s house
Contract workers demand regularisation, sweeper compensation and suspension of contract practice as per ruling party’s election promises
Unique 5-day Satyagrah by UNI employees ends in the hope that dues will be paid
Management accepts the backlog of 56 months’ salary, says it represented a “grave state of affairs”
Shankar Guha Niyogi: Gone, but not forgotten
On Niyogi’s thirtieth death anniversary, SabrangIndia looks back at the long legacy left behind by the trade union leader
Widows of three manual scavengers get compensation and rehabilitation from Bombay HC
In a year where the government refused to accept any deaths due to manual scavenging, the court stepped in to recognise their rights
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