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Citizens and experts rally to save Mumbai’s BEST buses from privatisation pitfalls

AMAB advocates for restoring public funding, ending exploitative contracts, and expanding bus services to meet the city’s growing needs

Activists request meeting with CM Thackeray to discuss new Covid-19 guidelines

Focussing on food security, medical care and basic infrastructure, concerned civil society organisations and activists listed methods of avoiding last year’s mistakes with respect to pandemic rules.

Delhi HC raps govt for delay in paying salaries of employees

The court said that it will not pass any order that will continue to infringe the fundamental right of the employees to get their salaries and pensions

Punjab: Contract workers put ‘No Entry’ signs for Ministers who failed employment promises

Sick of waiting for the state government to realise its election policies, they consider a gherao protest

Captain Sarkar employing evasion policy same as SAD-BJP gov’t: Farmers

Leaders expressed disappointment on Tuesday when the Chief Minister failed to attend the much-awaited meeting with union representatives

K’taka HC questions State on steps taken to use modern technology to replace manual scavenging

The court has asked the state to file an affidavit, and observed that the government had barely complied with the provisions of the Act

Will Assam tea party sink the BJP’s ship?

Tea tribes have been demanding higher wages, and though the BJP government cleared a marginal hike in daily wages, it was put on hold due to a court case

PIL filed for implementation of Manual Scavengers Act, Allahabad HC seeks State’s reply

The petitioners/law students undertook a detailed study and found that no adequate safety equipment was provided to workers

Pay five-months salary or we stop work: JNU sanitation workers 

Members of the AICCTU condemned the college authorities for failing to pay employee dues as well as failing to provide them basic necessities such as identity cards 

SC adjourns plea filed in 2019 seeking criminal action for employing manual scavengers

The plea seeks invoking of charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against employers of manual scavengers, who end up dying on the job

Punjab creche workers announce dharna if state gov’t fails to pay dues

Anganwadi workers union officials said that creche workers and helpers have been waiting for an honorarium payment for the last two and a half years!

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