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Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states
Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer
Rajasthan govt retracts 12 hrs working day, AITUC lauds move, asks others to follow suit
UP has already withdrawn its notification and other states are facing heavy criticism
For migrant labourers returning home even the special trains are becoming death traps
Two deaths, lack of food and water, many unplanned ‘diversions’, the Indian Railways has never been so off track
UP gov’t invokes ESMA, prohibits strikes for next six months
ESMA covers services such as railways, public transport buses, health services including hospitals, post and telegraph, airports and ports etc.
Hunger Heatwave: Is there a starvation crisis waiting to explode in the national capital?
The poor are begging for food on Delhi streets in greater numbers this summer, even as the shameless aam aadmi loots mangoes from a vendor
New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) demands that governments retract changes in labour laws
The states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat have been twisting labour laws for corporate benefits during the lockdown
Migrants continue to lose lives to accidents, hunger and suicide amid the lockdown
The physical safety and mental health of migrants has been adversely affected as they battle for survival
Arrests mark a nationwide Protest Day observed by Central Trade Unions
Hunger strike, demonstrations, processions and arrests at several places. Unions demand withdrawal of draconian changes in labour laws, send petitions to Prime Minister
Migrants wait on Delhi streets, volunteers bring them food, but where is the sarkaar?
Our reporter who stood in line with migrants to get a first-hand experience of their plight discovered that the meal was hot and delicious, the water cool, and the fruits fresh, everything was served with dignity and respect
Battle against dilution of labour laws to culminate in Supreme Court?
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Labour rights in the country in peril as, even though the UP gov't notification has been withdrawn, the UP ordinance and notifications issued by other states that dilute labour laws, still persist
Where is the ‘Vande Bharat’ for migrant workers in transit?
Government’s mismanagement and apathy to blame for crisis
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