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WPC expresses our sadness for the families of the bereaved and the injured workers in the Mundka fire and also reiterates our solidarity with them. WPC is extremely shocked at the factory fire which engulfed the lives of 30 workers, as per official claims. It is estimated that many more workers (...)
Gig work seems to have taken root deeply within the economic life of modern society. An economy offering temporary, flexible jobs to independent contractors, freelancers and part-time workers, connected mostly through online platforms, is becoming commonplace. India’s gig-labour force is around (...)
Swiggy’s moves to deal with financial losses and COVID-19 have sparked protests by its delivery boys, who have been dealt a raw deal and seen their wages decrease.
On March 24, after India first locked down to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, Raj*, a 27-year-old food deliveryman for Swiggy in (...)
All central trade unions, barring BMS, went on a national strike on 26th November 2020. The strike was labeled as historic, with a massive participation of the working peoples. But will such annual strikes in the absence of real struggle at sites of production and trade unionism rooted in (...)
These Bills, with 411 clauses, 13 schedules and comprising 350 pages were accorded just three hours of discussion. They now make it difficult for labour unions to be recognised, for workers to strike and for them to protect their jobs.
New Delhi: The passage of three crucial labour law Bills (...)
Statement issued by an Alliance of Labour Unions and Civil Society Organisations
The Indian Parliament is currently in the process of overhauling the country’s labour laws. Unfortunately, this exercise has sidestepped platform workers, a constituency whose needs and challenges have become (...)
We, the largest ten Central Trade Unions in India draw your attention to a retrograde ANTI-labour exercise of the Government of India towards virtual nullification of most of the substantive laws in vogue in the country by the Government of India through the State Governments. This exercise has (...)
By suspending labour laws, States are exploiting the unique opportunity provided by the national lockdown.
As India slowly attempts to lift its nationwide lockdown, under compulsion of reviving the economy, labour rights are disappearing at an astonishing pace. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradeshh (...)
BMS will hold protests in front of every district headquarters and industrial hub on Friday
A last-minute, allegedly perfunctory attempt by the NDA government to dissuade the central trade unions from going ahead with countrywide protests against proposed labour reforms and the privatisation (...)
The issues of delivering beef and pork were reportedly brought to the forefront after the initial protest got less attention and a BJP leader got involved.
New Delhi: The protest by Zomato employees in Howrah, covered by a number of media houses on Sunday, appears to be more complicated than (...)
Except the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the protest call has been supported by all central trade unions.
Expressing strong objections against the codification of labour laws, the central trade unions have called upon the workers, unions and federations, (...)
Labour law reforms: In absence of reliable statistics on its size, distribution or contribution to the economy, the sector remains a poorly understood and a grossly neglected area.
Providing legal and social protection to the informal or unorganised sector workers — one of the key objectives of (...)
Districts of Gadwal, Adilabad, Warangal (rural) and Nagarkurnool were found to be employing children under 14 years of age in cotton farming The survey has been undertaken under the National Child Labour Project
Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s Labour department and the International (...)
There have been no major pan-India protests by railway employees since 1974, but the 100 day action plan could trigger mass unrest.
New Delhi: Less than a month after coming back to power with an absolute majority, the Narendra Modi government has approved a ‘100 Days Action Plan’ of the (...)
The Tamil Nadu government has issued a notification granting ‘public utility’ status to manufacturers of auto components. This amendment to the rules of the Industrial Disputes (ID) Act, gives suppliers of auto spare parts the same status attributed to essential commodities and services likes (...)
This book extract recounts how 1980s Mumbai’s textile mill workers decided to accept the leadership of trade unionist Datta Samant.
In January 1982, over two lakh workers in Mumbai’s textile mills went on an indefinite strike. While some workers had been already agitating about wage issues with their respective employers, this was a concerted, industry-wide action that left mill owners and the government stunned. They were also taken aback by the workers’ spontaneous decision to (...)
Seventeen all-India strikes have taken place to sustain old and create new labour rights, but the trade union movement is showing signs of divisions caused by its old enemy and ally – political unionism.
May Day is not only a ritualistic occasion for fiery speeches by trade union leaders and (...)
Though the May Day rally prioritised the fight for better wages, the women workers also opened up about the humiliation and harassment they face at factories.
Bangalore: On the morning of May 1, the grey and barren space underneath the flyover near Kanteerava Studio in Bangalore looked like it (...)
Every morning, groups of men squat on the pavement in the streets of Delhi and wait for a truck to pick them up and bring them to a construction site. They carry bags of tools. Their clothing is worn and their skin leathery, the expressions on their faces are weary and resigned. Workers in the (...)
Trade unionists fear a large part of the unorganised sector might be left out of the ambit of the government’s labour code on social security.
Rekha Patil, a vegetable seller on a footpath in suburban Mumbai, is a small part of India’s vast informal economy. Her husband, a farmer in Palghar, (...)
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