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Anganwadi workers call off protest after Karnataka government agrees to fulfil demands 2026-03-25 [The Hindu]

The myth of decent platform work 2026-03-10 [The Herald]

DGMS, Vedanta & the Workers Union Join Hands at the Tripartite Safety Committee Meeting 2026-03-09 [Business News This Week]

Trade union protest in Bengaluru ends in mass detentions 2026-02-13 [The Indian Express]

Hamali workers join all-India strike, Old Port market shuts down 2026-02-12 [The News]

General strike: Close to two lakh workers expected to participate in Karnataka 2026-02-12 [The Hindu]

General strike on new labour codes: Protests in Hubballi and Dharwad 2026-02-12 [The Hindu]

General strike in Bengaluru: Workers protesting around Town Hall arrested, taken away from spot 2026-02-12 [The Hindu]

Midday meals likely to be disrupted as Anganwadi and MDM workers extend support to strike 2026-02-12 [The Hindu]

Trade unions call for strike on February 12 2026-02-10 [The Hindu]

One year on, ASHA workers in Karnataka await promised honorarium; to strike again on February 12 2026-02-09 [The Hindu]

App-based cab and auto strike disrupts Bengaluru travel 2026-02-08 [The News]

Urgent intervention sought on Karnataka Government's move to implement Labour Codes-Reg. 2026-02-07 [CITU]

App-Based Transport Workers’ Union Demands Of Minimum Base Fares 2026-02-07 [Bombay Samachar]

App-based transport workers’ union demands immediate notification of minimum base fares 2026-02-06 [The Hindu]

Workers’ unions in Bengaluru vow to continue fight after SC dismisses minimum wage plea 2026-02-03 [The Deccan Herald]

Bus unions to stage Bengaluru protest on Friday over arrears, pay hike 2026-01-30 [The Deccan Herald]

JCTU district-level conference in Kalaburagi on Sunday 2026-01-30 [The Hindu]

Veteran trade union leader Anantha Subbarao dies 2026-01-29 [The Deccan Herald]

Labour unions welcome Karnataka’s welfare board for Gig workers, seek stronger social security 2026-01-28 [The Hindu]

Unsung Heroes: From factory worker to champion of workers’ rights, meet the woman who fought for menstrual leave and fair wages in Bengaluru’s ‘limelight-less’ garment sector 2026-01-24 [The Indian Express]

Bengaluru Chalo: Transport Workers Announce Protest Program On January 29 Over Pay Dues 2026-01-18 [Bharat]

AIUTUC holds meet against Union government’s labour codes in Mysuru 2026-01-13 [The Hindu]

AIUTUC holds meet against Union government’s labour codes in Mysuru 2026-01-13 [The Hindu]

CM attacks Union government over MGNREGA repeal, plans nationwide protest 2026-01-03 [The News Minute]

Labour organisations raise concern over VB-G RAM G Act replacing MGNREGA in Karnataka 2026-01-03 [The Indian Express]

BCC employees seek general body meeting of employees’ union 2025-12-31 [The Times]

Gig workers’ stir to disrupt NY delivery services in Bengaluru 2025-12-30 [The Indian Express]

Workers win 20-year court battle against Nirma Group, still await wages 2025-12-30 [The News Minute]

Mangaluru: Gram Panchayat sanitation workers hold foot march, stage dharna over pending demands 2025-12-10 [Today]

Explainer: Karnataka Domestic Workers draft bill and why unions are concerned 2025-12-03 [The News Minute]

Mid-day meal workers stage protest demanding wage hike 2025-12-02 [IBC]

Karnataka govt warned: Don't pass domestic workers Bill without consulting workers 2025-12-02 [Counterview]

CITU stages protest in Madikeri against labour codes 2025-11-27 [The Times]

Labour unions protest against new codes 2025-11-27 [The Hindu]

CITU stage protest in Kalaburagi against implementation of labour codes 2025-11-23 [The Hindu]

Resident welfare associations, activists raise red flags over draft domestic workers Bill in Karnataka 2025-11-19 [The Times]

Domestic workers bill: Gaps in draft legislation worry unions, activists 2025-11-16 [The Deccan Herald]

Karnataka announces 12 annual paid period leaves for women workers, becomes first Indian state to do so 2025-11-15 [BT]

Domestic workers’ union urges Karnataka govt. to revise draft welfare Bill 2025-11-09 [The Hindu]

CITU victory: Monthly menstrual leave for women workers announced 2025-10-27 [IBC]

Behind Bengaluru’s seams: Women power city’s global garment hubs 2025-10-16 [The Mirror]

TCS, Employees' Union Hold Talks After Protests Over 20,000 Job Cuts 2025-10-16 [NDTV]

Mysuru Beedi Mazdoor Association seeks PM Modi's intervention to solve problem of beedi workers 2025-10-14 [The Deccan Herald]

Mangaluru: Beedi workers lay siege to depot demanding pending minimum wages and revised allowances 2025-10-10 [Today]

Karnataka becomes first Indian state to grant paid menstrual leave to all women 2025-10-10 [Maktob Media]

Gramin Bank Unions Hold Joint Conferences with Management to Address Key Issues of Regional Rural Bankers 2025-09-29 [The Kanal]

Half of sanitation workers in Bengaluru have no access to clean water 2025-09-10 [TOI]

Pourakarmikas celebrate abolition of contract labour in Bengaluru 2025-09-09 [The Deccan Herald]

Bengaluru pourakarmikas hold victory event to celebrate permanent worker status 2025-09-08 [The News Minute]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

14-04-1920 At Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 750 women workers went on a strike against patriarchal practices at the workplace. This strike, from 14 April to 10 June 1920, was the first recorded strike in the cotton mills of South India. [more]

27-04-1918 The country's first labour union was born in the city of Chennai, then known as Madras, when workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills formed the Madras Labour Union. [more]