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De-notify Esma for pharma strike, demands trade union 2023-10-15 [The Times]

Domestic workers want Social Security Board constituted 2023-10-09 [The Goan]

Domestic workers union demands decent work rights on international day 2023-10-08 [The Herald]

Mapusa Municipal Council workers threaten to go on strike if demands are not met 2022-10-18 [The Herald]

Chowgule's mining workers get breather 2018-07-20 [TNN]

Goa's trade unions to join national strike tomorrow 2020-01-07 [Times of India]

GSL workers hold meet to show unity 2021-12-18 [TNN]

Irregular pay: Mormugao municipal workers on strike 2021-02-09 [Times of India]

Agitating lifeguards call off hunger strike 2020-12-27 [The Times]

Mining workers meet dy CM 2019-11-16 [TNN]

48 taxi owners booked for taking part in strike 2019-08-08 [Asian News]

MPT workers demand wage revision 2019-05-31 [TNN]

Mining workers meet Pramod Sawant over retrenchment 2019-05-01 [TNN]

40,000 bank employees to join nation-wide strike 2019-01-08 [TNN]

GSM chief Subhash Velingkar meets with retrenched mine worker 2018-12-16 [TNN]

Vasco civic workers threaten agitation if demands are not met by January 10 2018-12-06 [The Herald]

#MeToo has put the spotlight on limitations of law 2018-11-29 [The Hindu]

two construction workers fall are blamed for negligency 2018-11-08 [times of india]

Workers protest inMormugao 2018-09-13 [TNN]

Unorganised workers demand comprehensive protection law 2018-07-28 [The Herald]

Sesa workers want govt to resolve mining issue 2018-05-22 [The Herald]

GSL union warns management against coercing employees 2018-04-07 [The Herald]

19 workers died at power plants in 2 years 2018-03-24 [TNN]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-05-1923 The country's first May Day celebration. [more]

8-05-1974 A national railway strike begins. 1.7 million workers were involved in demanding higher wages and shorter working hours. Indira Gandhi’s government brutally suppressed the strike with 1000s being sent to jail and losing their jobs. [more]

18-05-1905 Seafarer Surat Alley was born in India. He moved to Britain and during WWII and helped organise a strike of seamen to improve conditions for lascars: sailors on UK ships from Asia and the Middle East, who worked under inferior conditions. [more]