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The Orissa High Court awards them Rs 20 lakh each to two SBI Sweepers
Two daily-wage sweepers had given their “sweat & blood” to the State Bank of India, the Orissa High Court said on June 23
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Farmer Protests: From streets to social media
Throwing caution to the wind, farmers across the nation stepped out on the roads to decry the insensitive laws put down by the Centre. Workers, peasants, students and netizens all came together to hold the government accountable.
Live Updates on All India Protests against Farm Bills, 2020
Welcome to SabrangIndia’s live blog on the nation-wide Farmers protests against Modi Sarkar’s Farm Bills, 2020. We will be bringing you news, images and stories from across the country all day today. In case you want others to look away from the circus tricks of electronic news channels and hear voices from the streets, share this thread with them now.
Nation continues agitation against anti-people laws
As the National Protest Day draws closer, workers, farmers, marginalised intensify their agitation against the undemocratic Central Bills.
Voices of dissent course through the country
Thousands of people came together to decry anti-labour, anti-farmer and anti-people laws passed by the Centre in recent days.
Labour Codes Issues: Spelling out the ABCs
Sabrang India breaks down labour codes to better understand workers’ complaints
First they came for the farmers, now they come for the workers
Lok Sabha passes three labour bills dressed up as ‘reforms’ , but will dilute workers’ rights more
Gov’t admits that over 1 crore migrant labourers returned home on foot!
After failing to report data on migrant workers deaths and many frontline warriors of the pandemic Centre now suddenly talks about the number of migrant workers who returned home
Crores allocated for upliftment of manual scavengers remain unused: Lockdown impact?
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment tells Parliament that the scheme for manual scavenging prevention and rehabilitation is not applicable to those sanitation workers who are not identified as manual scavengers.
We stand in solidarity: Trade Unions oppose Centre’s anti-people laws
Denouncing anti-worker laws, National Trade Unions call for a protest on September 23 to address their demands.
Now, Smriti Irani says no data on anganwadi workforce!
Ministry of Women and Child Development submits before Parliament that it has no data for women workers who exited anganwadis.
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