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No respite for pourakarmikas, Anganwadi workers from heatwave 2024-04-21 [New Indian Express]

For Karnataka's domestic workers, personal is political 2024-03-27 [The Federal News]

IT industry opposes Karnataka IT Union's call to end relief in labour rules 2024-03-25 [The Standard]

Vote consciously and do not get swayed by polarising messages, says domestic workers union 2024-03-21 [The Herald]

Triumph for Informal Workers: New bus route in B'luru to help 3000+ people with better connectivity 2024-01-14 [Vartha Bharati]

Children of construction workers pay the price for Karnataka's welfare board mess 2024-01-03 [The News Minute]

7 migrant workers killed in accident at factory in Karnataka’s Vijayapura; owner and supervisor booked 2023-12-06 [Express News Service]

Slashing of scholarship amount to construction workers’ children has unions up in arms 2023-11-07 [The Hindu]

Civic workers’ union hits out at Karnataka govt. for cancelling funds 2023-10-15 [The Hindu]

BBMP staff pool in to help deceased engineer's family 2023-09-03 [The Herald]

Women domestic workers of Bengaluru demand fair wages and social security 2023-07-29 [The Hindu]

Why Karnataka Anganwadi workers want to return 64,340 mobiles to govt 2023-07-03 [The Federal]

Bengaluru auto drivers claim free bus rides for women have hit their business 2023-06-26 [The Hindu]

Dark side of the grey area 2023-05-28 [The Mirror]

After 18 Years of Litigation, Karnataka HC Redirects Beedi Labour Dispute to Hubbali Industrial Tribunal 2023-05-05 [Newsclick]

Makers of High Fashion, Karnataka's Skilled Garment Workers Are Cheated of Fair Wages 2023-05-05 [The Wire]

Protected workman status can’t be removed because probe is on 2023-04-04 [TNN]

Sanitation workers begin protest against contract system 2023-03-21 [Newsminute]

Sanitation Workers Renew Strike Against Contract System, Shave Heads in Protest 2023-03-19 [Newsclick]

No job security, health workers continue protest 2023-03-14 [The Times]

Electricity workers threaten indefinite stir demanding pay raise 2023-03-14 [The Economic Times]

State enforces anti-worker law 2023-03-12 [IndustriALL]

Severe staff crunch affecting health of Karnataka government employees 2023-03-05 [The Express]

Road transport union calls for strike demanding wage hike from March 24 2023-03-05 [The Express]

Seventeenth Conference of CITU: Unite and Fight for Pro-People Policies 2023-01-27 [peoplesdemocracy]

Karnataka: Anganwadi Workers Demand to be Classified as Teachers 2023-01-27 [peoplesdemocracy]

Demanding minimum wages, garment workers send 2500 postcards to CM 2023-01-12 [TNN]

The Unending Exclusion of Civic Workers in Bengaluru 2022-12-29 [Newsclick]

Garment workers paid lowest, plan campaign demanding salary hike 2022-12-12 [Express News Service]

Transport employees to launch strike if Karnataka government fails to meet pending demands 2022-12-11 [The Hindu]

80 expelled ITI workers to continue their strike beyond a year 2022-12-04 [The Hindu]

Demanding justice for invisibilized mine workers of Billari 2022-11-17 [AICCTU]

Pourakarmikas want permanent jobs, warn of stir 2022-11-07 [Indian Express]

Regularisation of sanitation workers of Karnataka 2022-09-26 [AICCTU]

Bengaluru rains render several domestic workers homeless 2022-08-06 [NewsMinute]

India Labourline phone helpline for migrant/informal workers has registered more than 3,600 cases related to compensation and wage theft 2022-08-03 [IndiaSpend]

Swiggy delivery workers call off strike after firm seeks a week to respond 2022-07-25 [The Times]

Opinion: Contract workers in PSUs–marginalised castes, women, main victims of discrimination 2022-03-23 [CM ]

Thousands of Migrant Workers of Himatsingka Linens Quit Following ‘Violent' Police Action 2019-07-26 [Newsclick]

Bengaluru garment workers seek minimum wage of ₹478 per day 2019-09-13 [The Hindu]

Unions demand minimum wage of about ₹31,000 and employers say it is too high 2022-07-01 [Hindu]

‘Contract workers not paid even minimum wages': B'luru BWSSB workers stage sit-in 2018-08-14 [News Minute]

Bengaluru IT Employees Hold Protest Against “Illegal” Mass Layoffs 2017-08-02 [The Quint]

Outrage in Karnataka as govt uses workers' fund to buy Covid vaccines from pvt hospitals 2021-09-09 [Print]

False Promises and Mobility Restrictions Plague Migrant Workers in Bengaluru's Garment Industry 2018-01-29 [The Wire]

Don't outsource, we can build buses: Workers' union to BMTC 2021-01-18 [DHNS]

Workers Violently Protest Low Wages at Apple Supplier Wistron's Factory in Bengaluru 2020-12-15 [iPhone]

Road Transport Workers' Strike to Continue 2020-12-14 [Newsclick]

Contractual health workers in Karnataka withdraw strike following Minister's assurance 2022-07-08 [The Hindu]

Rally taken out against Govt.'s 'anti-people' policies 2022-03-29 [The Hindu]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

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]