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Whose Interests is India’s Tech Workforce Serving?

We must take control of our labour and knowledge, says this open letter to India’s engineers, scientists and developers.

Bihar’s MGNREGA Workers Stare at Deeper Rural Stagnation

The rural workforce is caught between delayed or non-payment of wages in the state and lack of jobs outside.

Only work, no pay: 40,000 teachers in K’taka not paid salaries since September

The teachers are getting the short end of the stick between the tussle of the Centre and the states

Unemployment rate doubled in rural areas, 2014-2018: GOI

Response to a Rajya Sabha question also states that unemployment grew sharply among urban men from 3% to 6.9% between 2015-16 and 2017-18.

Assam migrant labourer forced to rot in detention camp for going to Delhi in search of a job!

Migrant labourer declared ‘foreigner’ for going to Delhi in search of a job!

Will Anganwadi workers ever get their due?

MP N K Premachandran introduces a bill to regularize Anganwadi workers for the second time

Address Demands of PWD Workers: Assam

SILCHAR: The three-day 41st State conference of PWD Workers’...

Jagmel Singh murder: Family ends protest, accepts compensation

Jagmel Singh, a Dalit, he was murdered in Punjab over a minor dispute by upper-caste Hindus

Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Stops Investing in Intl Security Firm Accused Of Unethical Treatment of Migrant Workers

The $1.1 trillion wealth fund can no longer invest in G4S because of the “unacceptable risk” that the security services company contributes to/ is responsible for human rights violations.

Serious allegations of rights violations against Indian Companies: UK Non-Profit

Here’s a look into how India has fared across 100 human-rights-related indicators in this report put together by the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark.

Construction Workers Plan March to Parliament on Dec 5

The workers are opposing the Centre’s move to merge two sectoral Acts with the proposed universal social security code.

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