Labour Rights
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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
Trending
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A celebrity fitness instructor offers five rules of fitness for everyone
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Why a celebrated Russian artist chose to become an Indian citizen
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India at Asian Games, Sept 29 schedule: Medals on offer for tennis, shooting and athletics
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Months after controversy, IIT-Bombay sets aside space for those eating vegetarian food
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‘Kumari Srimathi’ review: An entertaining comedy laced with welcome tartness
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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
Video
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Watch: Hyderabad police personnel dance with crowd during Ganesh immersion procession
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Watch: In Bengaluru, man gets pizza delivered to his car while it was stuck in traffic jam
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‘You want to keep an alien as a pet?’: Comedian imagines the struggles parents might face in 2050
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Watch: Man helps dugong calf stranded on Tamil Nadu beach back into the sea
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Watch: Pakistan cricket team gets warm welcome in Hyderabad as they arrive in India for World Cup
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Darjeeling’s tea garden workers are struggling to make ends meet
The workers are paid meagre wages, bound by a colonial labour system, without land rights and with little access to government schemes.
Niladry Sarkar, IndiaSpend.com
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Three deaths every day: India’s labour safety laws have been diluted in the name of reforms
As many as 3,331 deaths were recorded between 2018 and 2020, but only 14 people were imprisoned for offences under the Factories Act, 1948 during this period.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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Yes, India’s Constitution has been hijacked – but not by the Supreme Court
The wealthy and the rich have helped undermine the fundamental rights enshrined to all and have disenfranchised their fellow Indians.
Nandita Haksar
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A decade after Maruti Suzuki factory violence: How the media undermined the workers’ protest
The mainstream news gave precedence to the statements of the company management and turned a blind eye to the concerns about poor labour practices.
Faiz Ullah
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Ease of doing business has actually meant ease of violations – at the cost of workers’ lives
A model that views regulation and approvals as an impediment to economic growth has fostered inhuman and exploitative working conditions.
Maya John
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How gig work platforms exploit workers while claiming to promote entrepreneurship
All aspects of work, including pay, are strictly regulated and standardised, leaving little scope for upskilling.
Chiara Furtado
The Field
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: Ashwin in for Axar, Labuschagne in for Agar – A look at the final squads
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Watch, Asian Games: Roshibina Devi betters 2018 result with silver in Wushu
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: India bring in R Ashwin in place of injured Axar Patel
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India at Asian Games, Sept 29 schedule: Medals on offer for tennis, shooting and athletics
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Asian Games, Shooting: How Esha Singh regrouped in time to win the women’s 25m pistol silver medal