Labour Unrest
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The many sins of Apple’s first iPhone supplier in India
The firm’s manufacturing facilities have a history of labour law violations.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
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Karnataka High Court orders HAL employees to call off strike and return to work
More than 20,000 workers in the aerospace major’s nine units have been on strike since October 14, demanding wage revision.
Scroll Staff
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HAL workers’ strike for wage hike enters second day, operations at all nine centres disrupted
The company’s management alleged that the strike was illegal, and claimed they cannot accept the employees’ demand because of the ‘current business scenario’.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Over 20,000 HAL workers launch indefinite strike to demand wage revision
During the talks, the wage negotiation committee apprised the unions of the ill-effects of resorting to any strike, said the company.
Scroll Staff
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Noida: Phone factory workers protest after being told to go on leave
The employees at the factory, which manufactures phones for Chinese companies Oppo and Xiaomi, feared that they had been laid off without notice.
Scroll Staff
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Haryana court verdict in Maruti case repeats pattern of years, say automobile workers
Hundreds of workers of Maruti, Honda, and more than 20 vendor companies protested in solidarity with the jailed workers on Thursday.
Anumeha Yadav
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Strikers in Saris: A mural remembers the women who shook Britain in 1976
The 40th anniversary of the Grunwick dispute is being marked with a collaborative art project.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Bengaluru protests represent a new wave of militant worker expression, say union leaders
Most of the over 1.2 lakh women workers who led the demonstrations over restrictions on provident fund withdrawals were not members of trade unions.
Anumeha Yadav
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Workers riot at two work-sites, in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana
Even as the number of strikes across India has gone down, militancy by workers is increasing.
Anumeha Yadav
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success