‘Government not listening’: Farmers, workers rally in Delhi for loan waivers, labour reform, jobs

Many of those present had attended the Kisan Long March in March. They said they were protesting again as their earlier demands had not been met.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Sep 05, 2018 · 09:58 pm

In West Bengal’s closed tea gardens, private contractors are forcing locals to work at lower wages

Threat of natural calamities and trafficking are adding to their woes.

Gurvinder Singh

· Jul 23, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Jharkhand: Over 12,000 workers sign petition demanding increase in wages under NREGA, other rights

A press release issued on International Labour Day said there were ‘shocking irregularities’ in the implementation of the scheme.

Scroll Staff

· May 01, 2018 · 11:30 pm

MNREGA rates lower than minimum wage in 29 states, Union Territories, says rights group

The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha demanded that the revised wage rate for 2018-’19 be implemented immediately.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 31, 2018 · 05:06 pm

‘No option but to fight’: Two nurses whose sacking sparked 200-day Kerala strike refuse to give up

Samasia and Anumol were fired from KVM Hospital in Alappuzha in July last year for demanding better pay and working conditions.

TA Ameerudheen

· Mar 12, 2018 · 12:21 pm

‘No option but to fight’: Two nurses whose sacking sparked 200-day Kerala strike refuse to give up

Samasia and Anumol were fired from KVM Hospital in Alappuzha in July last year for demanding better pay and working conditions.

TA Ameerudheen

· Mar 12, 2018 · 06:30 am

Labour unions of Shiv Sena, CPI(M), RSS unite against changing Maharashtra rule on closing factories

The proposed amendment to the Industrial Disputes Act would make it mandatory only for factories with 300 workers or more to seek permission before they close.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 09, 2018 · 10:05 am

Labourers in 19 states not paid wages under MNREGA, says report

Payments worth Rs 3,066 crore have been frozen, which may affect over 92 million workers.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 06, 2017 · 03:51 pm

In Assam, a panel has been set up to fix the minimum wages of Assam’s tea workers. But will it help?

The tea garden owners’ collective has so far strongly resisted any intervention on the government’s part to increase the minimum wage.

Arunabh Saikia

· Oct 18, 2017 · 07:30 am

‘Unity is power’: Residents of Mumbai gated complex sack domestic workers who protested ‘rate card’

Around 200 workers staged a three-day strike after residents of a development in Chandivali unilaterally fixed wages at a level they believed was unfair.

Mridula Chari

· May 27, 2017 · 12:30 pm

‘Locals have become too aware of their rights’: Why Bengaluru garment factories are hiring migrants

The fashion industry’s requirements for cheaper and faster labour have prompted companies to focus on rural India.

Rohini Mohan

· May 09, 2017 · 09:00 am

For Bengaluru’s garment hub workers, the minimum wage is actually the maximum wage

From April 2016 to January 2017, apparel exports grew by 4.5%. But the narrative that the cost of labour is squeezing the industry is a constant refrain.

Rohini Mohan

· Apr 19, 2017 · 10:30 am