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Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra
A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.
Sanitation work, a means to an end: BMC employee Sunil Jagdale
Wadala sanitation worker Jagdale talks about the different lenses on the work of sanitation and the journey of the community through the years
Maharashtra: 580 sanitation workers made permanent on industrial court orders!
A decades-long struggle for basic human rights finally concludes, as over 500 people in Mumbai receive the title of permanent MCGM sanitation workers
India’s workforce demands fiscal support following the second wave of Covid-19!
On-ground voices and detailed reports highlight the need for cash transfers to keep vulnerable groups afloat in face of a growing unemployment
92 percent of India’s workforce faces historic and unprecedented crisis: SWAN report
The report relays the struggles of workers in their own words, the limited action taken by the central and state governments to arrest the continuing and alarming level of distress
Assam paper mill auction: Employees’ unions demand revival
Two paper mills that have been defunct for over five years, employees lost their only source of income
NHRC issues new advisories for bonded and migrant labourers amid Covid-19
The commission has laid down specific suggestions for prevention, identification, rescue and rehabilitation of bonded workers
Orissa HC seeks proof of payment of compensation to families of manual scavenging victims
The court had, in April, directed that compensation of Rs. 10 lakh each be paid to families of 4 persons deceased in manual scavenging activities
SC urges Centre, states to complete registration of unorganised-sector workers
While the court did not issue directions for direct cash transfers, it has sought details from states on the schemes that facilitate the same, and on how they are being implemented
Provide ration, transport, community kitchens for migrant workers: SC
The Supreme Court has directed Governments of Delhi, UP, Haryana to inform how they will address miseries of stranded migrant labourers
Hardly scope for getting first dose of vaccine: K’taka HC on vaccine shortage
The court has directed the state to submit a requisition before the Centre to overcome the shortage
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