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Labor Conference on International Workers' Day, Voices Raised Against New Labor Code 2026-05-09 [Loktej]

State records 1,746 construction worker deaths over 18 years; safety gaps continue 2026-04-28 [Counterview]

Union demands 2L cover for teachers 2026-01-24 [TNN]

Goldi Solar Workers Protest: Wage Hike, PF & Benefits Demand Gains Momentum 2025-12-13 [The Blunt Times]

SMC takes over seven union offices in overnight operation 2025-11-21 [The Times]

Union stages grand rally at Riverfront, Ahmedabad:Workers protest against 12-hour work schedule & submit memorandums demanding old pension scheme 2025-11-10 [Bhaskar]

Govt Increases Working Hours to 12, Sparks Outrage Among Labour Unions 2025-09-08 [The Blunt Times]

Union Says One Lakh Diamond Workers Have Lost Their Jobs in Saurashtra Post US Tariff 2025-08-12 [The Wire]

Global Pilots on Air India Flight 171 2025-06-13 [IFALPA]

Surat metro rail project: Laid-off workers stage protest, say salaries pending since 2 months 2025-05-20 [Indian Express]

Uncertainty lingers for migrant workers heading back home as news of ceasefire trickles in 2025-05-11 [Indian Express]

Sardar Market Labourers Threaten Strike from May 16 Over Wage Hike Demand 2025-05-10 [Loktej]

Diamond Workers in Surat Launch Two-Day Strike Amid Ongoing Industry Slowdown 2025-03-31 [Loktej]

Surat Diamond Workers Union Calling for a Strike 2025-03-27 [JCK]

State govt imposes ESMA on striking health workers 2025-03-20 [The Times]

Diamond workers union threatens strike 2025-03-11 [The Times]

No social security, paid less than minimum wage: Tribal workers toil to keep Gujarat’s cities clean 2025-01-27 [News Laundry]

NHRC, India takes suo motu cognisance of the reported death of two workers due to asphyxiation while cleaning a sewage pumping station 2025-01-24 [NHRC]

Tribal Workers Keep Cities Clean But Have No Social Security, Paid Below The Minimum Wage 2025-01-21 [Indiaspend]

4 workers killed in boiler blast at industrial unit 2024-12-04 [Express News Service]

Refinery fire: Kin launch protest demanding information on 2 deceased workers 2024-11-12 [Express news Service]

Refinery fire: Kin launch protest demanding information on 2 deceased workers 2024-11-12 [Express news Service]

Treat anganwadi workers at par with permanent civil employees: Gujarat HC 2024-11-11 [PTI]

Three workers killed after concrete blocks collapse on bullet train corridor site 2024-11-06 [DH]

ITF decries Gujarat settlement destruction after thousands of workers left homeless 2024-09-24 [ITF]

Vadodara workers demand compensation after floods displace thousands 2024-09-07 [IANS]

Baroda sanitation workers protest for payment 2024-09-01 [TNN ]

Survey recognises rights of less than 500 salt workers in Little Rann of Kutch 2024-08-03 [HT]

Diamond workers union demands economic package for recession-hit industry 2024-07-30 [The Indian Express]

Diamond workers union launches suicide helpline for polishers in Surat, sees 400 calls on first day 2024-07-17 [Indian Express]

Three workers suffocate at illegal coal mine 2024-07-14 [PTI]

3 killed, two injured in blast at pharma factory in Vadodara 2024-02-01 [Express News Service]

HC seeks state’s response as salt pan workers allege discrimination 2024-01-19 [Express News Service]

Four workers hospitalised after inhaling toxic gas leaked from pipeline in Vadodara pharma factory 2023-12-27 [India TV]

Why thousands of diamond unit workers in Surat are staring at job losses 2023-12-13 [Today]

Industrial accidents in Gujarat claim 700 lives during last three years 2023-12-08 [Express News Service]

Toxic gas kills two Bihar workers in Gujarat factory; second incident in 15 days 2023-12-06 [Express News Service]

Death of 4 labourers: 3 staffers of Surat textile unit booked 2023-12-03 [Express News Service]

Fire at chemical plant in Surat, 24 workers injured 2023-12-01 [Express News Service]

3 dead as platform collapses at construction site in Ahmedabad 2023-10-01 [India Today]

One killed, six injured as girder launcher falls on workers during bullet train project work 2023-08-04 [PTI]

Three Diamond Suicides in a Week in Surat 2023-06-19 [Idex]

Hit by layoff wave, over 50 polishers approach Diamond Worker Union for relief 2023-06-03 [The Express]

Two sanitation workers die while cleaning sewage line in Ahmedabad 2023-04-24 [TNN]

95 sanitation workers died since 2019, no government officials charged 2023-04-08 [Express News Service ]

3 workers die while cleaning sewer in Bharuch 2023-04-05 [Express News Service]

Gujarat raises minimum daily wages by 25%, to benefit 2 crore workers 2023-03-20 [Indian Express]

Maternity benefits: Contract worker moves High Court 2023-01-06 [TNN]

Gross negligence blamed for bridge collapse that killed 140 2022-11-05 [BWI]

One worker dead, seven injured as elevator crashes in Surat factory 2022-10-06 [Express News Service]

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]