Labour Rights
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Indian states rarely give back anything to the internal migrants who help them flourish
With the exception of Kerala and a few others, states have few employment, education or welfare initiatives to integrate migrants.
Varun Aggarwal, Priyansha Singh and Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com
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In charts: What is a decent minimum wage in India – and how a new law could change it
The government has hinted at a floor-level wage that its own committee deems insufficient.
Nithya Subramanian
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In Tamil Nadu, factories are illegally giving women pills to keep them working through period pains
An investigation in the state’s garment industry found that female workers’ health is being endangered for profit margins.
Anuradha Nagaraj
Trending
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After 43 people die in factory blaze, fire official says: ‘Half of Delhi is like this’
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Watch: Five reasons why the Citizenship Bill is dangerous – and must be opposed
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Ramachandra Guha: A historian’s advice to Muslims in 1947 is relevant to Hindus today
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News Broadcasters Federation elects Arnab Goswami as governing board president
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How ‘Inside Edge’ season 2 squanders its first-mover advantage
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How Mumbai’s sanitation workers fought the municipal corporation – and won
A trade union movement has used both legal strategies and confrontational methods to organise Dalit workers on contracts.
Sujatha Fernandes
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Two rallies and a ‘GR wapsi’: Why sanitation workers held protests in Delhi and Mumbai on Monday
From minimum wages to safer working conditions, sweepers, sewer cleaners and garbage collectors across India have similar demands from the government.
Vijayta Lalwani & Aarefa Johari
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Indefinite strike by Bihar’s ASHA workers is another reminder that they are overworked, underpaid
The ASHA unions in Bihar are demanding government employee status and a minimum wage.
Kavita Krishnan
Video
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Watch: Five reasons why the Citizenship Bill is dangerous – and must be opposed
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Watch: This chimpanzee in a Chinese zoo learnt to wash clothes after observing its keeper
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Watch: This flawless ‘moonwalker’ has spectators mesmerised as he glides on concrete in sneakers
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Watch: Scenes from the aftermath of Delhi’s Anaj Mandi fire where 43 people have died
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Watch: Muslim teenager offers refuge to over a hundred students at her mosque during school stabbing
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Ultra full-time days, varying incentive pay: India’s food delivery people want a better deal
A viral video has brought into focus their gruelling work conditions and confusing payment structures.
S Senthalir
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Plans to implant employees with microchips in the UK has workers and trade unions worried
Seemingly innocuous security chips could enable companies to monitor employees in more sinister ways.
Shainaz Firfiray, The Conversation
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Welfare laws for construction workers may be failing them, a social audit in Delhi finds
A nexus of apathetic and allegedly corrupt labour officials, builders and trade unions leave workers struggling to get benefits they are legally entitled to.
Vijayta Lalwani
The Reel
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Women cinematographers speak up: ‘The mainstream is hostile, diverse pool is simply not available’
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How ‘Inside Edge’ season 2 squanders its first-mover advantage
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Mubi’s streaming service in India only the beginning: ‘We can’t wait to start producing’
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Behind the scenes: How Shah Rukh Khan gambled on a role rejected by Aamir and Salman
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‘Panipat’ movie review: Been there and seen that
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‘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
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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
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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
The Field
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The Kohli-Williams rivalry, India’s poor fielding, Dube’s mixed night: Second T20I talking points
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United clinch Manchester derby, Liverpool keep clean sheet: Premier League talking points
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ISL, Jamshedpur FC vs Chennaiyin FC preview: Iriondo’s team look to extend unbeaten home run
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West Indies read the pitch better than us, deserved to win, says Kohli after second T20I loss
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Wada meets to decide Russia’s Tokyo Olympics fate