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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.
Register and avail govt benefits! Mumbai’s appeal to better worker lives
Social workers and municipal officials work together to fix the sorry state of worker registrations
Impressive gov’t employment scheme data does not reflect true depth of job crisis
ABRY and e-SHRAM data shows effectiveness of schemes but think tanks point out the stagnant state of jobs in India
JNU administration draws flak for allegedly exploiting sanitation workers
University’s workers unions, students unions and teachers associations decry the blatant violation of workers rights
UP: Aspiring teachers call for mass protests following brutal lathi-charge
Opposition leaders question the rationale in refusing to listen to protest demands
Varanasi: Sanitation worker dies after being trapped in sewer line for 18 hrs!
Administration calls for investigation team while workers decry a broken system that is apathetic to such tragedies
CJP Grassroots Fellow comes to the aid of a migrant worker in distress
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Mohd. Ripon Sheikh helped Mirchand Sheikh, a young mason from Jharkhand, get his pending wages, by taking his plea to higher authorities
UP ASHAs have had enough of empty election promises
Women protest the lack of security while they serve as the backbone of rural healthcare
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
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