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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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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Why are concerns being raised about the Election Commission’s voter turnout data?
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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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: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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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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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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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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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women exit tournament in quarter-final loss to Japan
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Squash, Saurav Ghosal interview: ‘People enjoyed watching me, this was the legacy I wanted to leave’
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Aryan, Yashwardhan, Priyanshu among Indians in semi-finals
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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IPL 2024: Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar bowl Punjab Kings to crucial win over Chennai Super Kings