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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.

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.

Culling our lungs: Protests against coal mine allocations in ‘no-go’ area continue

Villagers and activists recall Rahul Gandhi’s word of honour

Assam Midday Meal workers protest outside education minister’s residence

They demanded a written assurance from Siddhartha Bhattacharya on making their jobs permanent

CITU condemns mass layoffs, criticizes government for inaction: IT Sector

In the light of retrenchment of thousands of employees in the IT sector, the CITU released a statement expressing solidarity and urging government to take action

People’s pressure? GPCB mining cancellation ‘notice’ to top cement unit in Gujarat

Environmental Clearance (EC) was given to Ultratech Cement Co Ltd for limestone mining in villages Talli and Bambhor of Talaja taluka in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat on January 5, 2017. EC was issued ignoring, overriding and undermining opposition from local farmers to mining activity in the area. The mining in these two villages covers an area of 193.3268 hectares (ha), while the entire project is spread over an area of 1,715.1311 ha.

Bengali speaking workers face likely ban in Bengaluru apartments, what’s next?

Anticipating police action and interrogation, many housing complexes in Bengaluru have decided to not employ Bengali speaking people as labourers or domestic help, especially minorities. In this quest of weeding out illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, many citizens have also been targeted which has led to this prejudicial ban, leading them to lose their livelihoods.

Sand mine workers keep up rally against illegal sand mafia

The rally conducted yesterday, saw thousands gather at Bheeta Hill in protest

Key Scheme For Migrants’ Food Security Could Stumble For Lack Of Data

New Delhi: The ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ programme to be launched in June 2020 aims to provide subsidised food to India’s 450 million itinerant workers anywhere in the country. To implement it, some basic conditions must be met--states must have accurate migrant numbers, currently not available, and thousands of fair price shops would need electronic point-of-sale (PoS) machines for flawless biometric authentication of a beneficiary’s identity, experts said.

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