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Tag: Labour Rights
Victim of ‘hazardous’ jobs, Delhi sanitary workers get two thirds of minimum wages
Recently, the Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM) organized a Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop for sewer workers and waste pickers from all across Delhi NCR. The workshop focused...
Zomato Workers win Back Benefits After 4-Day Strike in Thiruvananthapuram
Weekly incentives would be calculated under three new slabs and the rain surge percentage has been reinstated.
JNU administration draws flak for allegedly exploiting sanitation workers
University’s workers unions, students unions and teachers associations decry the blatant violation of workers rights
Delhi workers gherao Kejriwal’s house, demand regularisation
Workers condemned the AAP government for repeatedly failing to address contract workers’ concerns despite including them in election manifestos
SC quashed Guj government’s anti-worker notification
In a victory for the principle of a dignified wage, the Court quashed the Notification that denied humane working conditions and overtime wages, while stating that it was an affront to the workers Right to Life and the right against forced labour.
SC quashes Gujarat notification extending work hours without overtime pay
The Court said that the pandemic cannot be said to be a public emergency under the Factories Act
Covid-19: How Indian states are snatching away the rights of workers
As many as 7 Indian states have diluted labour laws. The excuse is that the steps have been taken to “boost the economy”. Many more states are expected to follow suit.
Labour laws and rights in peril in India?
A look at the evolution of labour rights in India and how the central and several state governments plan to stanch them away
UP govt withdraws order forcing 12-hour shifts for industrial workers as Allahabad HC issues notice
Soon after suspending a number of crucial pro-worker clauses...
Dangerous dilution of labour rights underway in UP, MP and Gujarat
CITU calls it “barbarous” and said this will enable factory and business owners “to impose conditions of slavery on the working people”
Second silicosis death in less than two months’ time in Gujarat’s ceramic hub
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In a second death in a little more than...