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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.
Withdraw decision to privatise Vizag Steel Plant: Protesting employees
After four days of protests out on the streets, employees state they will observe a huge strike to condemn the central government’s decision
Manual Scavenging cannot go on in a civilised place: Madras HC
The Bench was apprised about the alleged death of six men in the state since January, 2021 while undertaking manual scavenging work
Punjab workers to agitate against labour codes on March 12
Workers warned that the new agricultural and labour laws introduced by the central government will allow exploitation of workers at the hands of corporates.
SC allows States to be impleaded in plea seeking protection of rights of migrant children
The apex court was hearing a plea filed by a lawyer highlighting that during the pandemic, children of migrant workers have been pushed into child labour, and steps need to be taken for their access to education and health care
MP gov’t closes 36 employment offices, unique protest ensues
A mass gathering of youth at Badwani district prostrated on the ground on Thursday to demand jobs in government offices; there are still 13 lakh employment applications!
Forest ranger faces show cause notice after fighting for labourers’ wages
Officer asserts that he acted in public interest when asked about his PIL against the state government
Delhi: DASAM organises public hearing to voice grievances of waste workers
A jury panel listens to testimonies and considers Solid Waste Management Rules that fail to recognise waste pickers as labourers, depriving them of government benefits
Two manual scavengers die in Chennai, death toll at six for this month alone!
City police say the private contractor has been arrested under sections of IPC and the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act
All-Punjab Anganwadi Workers’ Union to hold a protest march on March 4
According to the Union President, the State Home Ministry has told workers that they cannot do anything to resolve their predicament.
Is there Social Justice in the Digital Economy?
Work from home has become the new normal, but this is a luxury only for those who have computes, smartphones and internet access
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