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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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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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: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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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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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement