Labour Rights
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Andhra Pradesh: Anganwadi workers call off strike as government accepts main demands
They had sought an increase in their wages, retirement age and other benefits.
Scroll Staff
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Andhra Pradesh: Anganwadi workers say they will continue protest till demands are met
They have been demanding to be reconginsed as formal government employees, an increase in wages, gratuity benefits and raisining retirement age to 62.
Scroll Staff
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Why gig work platforms must implement India’s workplace sexual harassment law
The sector has expanded massively to employ as well as serve women but companies have ducked a key legal obligation to ensure safe working conditions for all.
Geetisha Dasgupta
Trending
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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‘The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction’ makes you rethink pre-conceptions about the genre
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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Tata Consultancy Services forcing over 2,000 employees to relocate, alleges workers’ union
The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate said that those resisting the transfer are facing action from the company.
Scroll Staff
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Not a pay hike but a plea for justice: Will the garment workers of Bangladesh finally be paid more?
Though it is the second-largest garment exporting country, it clings to low wages – a dichotomy that begs for change.
Md Ariful Islam
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We break our backs for nothing: Across South Asia, women health workers are demanding their rights
The all-female staff perform vital reproductive and health work in far-flung, remote areas across Nepal, India and Pakistan but receive paltry wages.
Annie Banerji, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Zofeen T Ebrahim, Thomson Reuters Foundation & Aadesh Subedi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Video
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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‘No salaries in last 18 months’: Workers who made parts for ISRO satellite launches stage protest
Employees of the government-owned Heavy Engineering Corporation say they have been struggling to make ends meet.
Zafar Aafaq
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Formulate welfare schemes for gig workers immediately, Parliament panel tells labour ministry
India’s unorganised sector employs nearly 90% of the country’s workforce, depriving them of social security benefits.
Scroll Staff
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US strip club employees unionise as labour movement grows
Star Garden Topless Dive Bar is the latest in a string of organising breakthroughs that includes corporations such as Starbucks, Amazon and Apple retail stores.
John Logan, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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The serfs of Hollywood: How ‘digital feudalism’ is driving the protest by screenwriters
Entertainment companies have taken a page from the gig economy playbook in ways that worked against writers’ livelihoods.
David Arditi, The Conversation
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Behind Gujarat’s beautiful fabrics, the invisible lives of boiler workers
Mostly Adivasi migrant workers who keep the factory boilers burning are compelled to work long, brutal hours and live in squalid conditions.
Sneha
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In Britain, yoga teachers and nannies look to sex workers in their fight for rights
The hard-won victories of sex workers’ trade union has inspired overlooked workforces to fight for their labour rights.
Beatrice Tridimas, Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Field
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IPL 2024: Kolkata defeat Mumbai in rain-affected match to become first team to qualify for play-offs
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Cricket: England pacer James Anderson to retire after Lord’s Test against West Indies
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Nisha Dahiya wins Paris quota in women’s 68kg
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: Neeraj Chopra shows a spark in season opener