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Various unions under CITU to go on the joint strike on Feb 16 2024-02-11 [Headlines]

Labour welfare board in Himachal stops benefits, puts MGNREGA in trouble 2023-02-18 [IANS]

Strike by ambulance workers ‘absolutelty illegal': Himachal 2018-08-09 [Times of India]

‘Ensure sanitation workers get dues' 2019-06-21 [The Tribune]

Central employees in Himachal say govt should accept their all demands 2022-03-29 [PTI]

6 workers killed in factory explosion 2022-02-22 [DNA]

CITU to protest in Himachal on March 9 over appointment of Anganwadi workers 2021-03-08 [ANI]

NINL divestment opposed by workers 2020-12-07 [Pioneer]

Sewer workers seek wage hike 2019-08-06 [The Tribune]

Workers seek hike in wages 2019-05-02 [Tribune News Service]

GVK EMRI terminates services of 63 striking ambulance staff in HP 2018-07-01 [The Business Standard]

Ambulance services in HP remain hit as employees' strike enters Day 5 2018-06-29 [Outlook]

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]