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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.

Anand Parvat Daily Hawkers’ Association condemns racial profiling of hawkers amid Covid-19

The association also said that the directive only allowing hawkers with ID cards and certificates will deprive other hawkers of their livelihood

Tea industry faces fall in exports, revenues and volumes due to Covid-19 lockdown

Assam and Darjeeling are staring at a loss of 15 percent and 30 percent in revenue respectively

Job losses mount, recession looms as India battles Covid-19

Contractual staff and daily wagers most hit by the 21—day lockdown

Lockdown impact: Father of three allegedly commits suicide in Assam

35-year-old daily wager took extreme step after being forced to watch his children starve for three days

Covid-19 : Indian Society of Labour Economics pens letter to GoI to ramp up relief measures

The organization has written to the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers of all states suggesting additional relief measures for the vulnerable population in lockdown

BJP MP’s daughter-in-law booked for allegedly abetting suicide of migrant employee from Meghalaya

In his suicide note, Aldrin Lyngdoh alleged that he had been discriminated against and was feeling stressed due to the lockdown

Hunger, accidents and apathy killed migrants walking back home amid the Covid-19 lockdown

After the announcement of the nationwide lockdown, migrants walked for hundreds of kilometers in a bid to reach their home villages

Throwing people under the bus

Migrant labor and the Indian lockdown

COVID – a space for workers?

Image Courtesy: TOIThere is a major calamity brewing. State...

India’s Long March – Ekla Chalo Re

Why were low wage migrant workers forced to fend for themselves?

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