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ASHA workers to stage demonstration from Feb 15 over pay hike 2024-02-12 [HT]

Authorities Suspend 18 Smarak Samiti Employees Amid Protests for Unfulfilled Demands 2024-01-06 [The Mooknayak]

Smarak Samiti employees boycott work to press their demands 2024-01-01 [The Mooknayak]

'We Want Better Pay': Women Emergency Helpline Workers Stage Protest in Lucknow 2023-11-07 [The Quint]

Left Wins Ordnance Factory Dum Dum Election 2023-09-18 [Newsclick]

2 workers killed, 1 injured in explosion at spare-parts factory in Noida 2023-08-23 [PTI]

Ghaziabad: Three workers injured in fire at factory operating in residential area 2023-08-09 [HT]

From child labourer to certified skilled worker: How unions improve children's lives 2023-06-14 [BWI]

Around 10 Lakh State Employees Plan Strike on May 18 Over OPS, Pay Commission Recommendations 2023-04-30 [Newsclick]

Power Employees Hold Demonstration Against 'Breach Of Promise' By UPPCL 2023-03-26 [Newsclick]

UPPCL Strike Called Off, UP Govt Assures to Implement Dec 3 Agreement 2023-03-21 [Newsclick]

Electricity Strike: Why UP electricity dept workers are protesting? Allahabad High Court issues warrant against union leaders 2023-03-19 [Zee]

Months After Protest, Govt Hikes 16 Paisa/km for UPSRTC Contract Drivers; Union Cry Foul 2023-01-08 [Newsclick]

Streetlight workers on inLucknow 2022-12-09 [NEWSClick]

Power employees call off strike after management accedes to some of their demands 2022-12-04 [The Times]

employees of UP Power Corporation Limited start indefinite strike over pay scales 2022-11-30 [NewsClick]

Sanitation workers deny minister's proposal, strike to continue 2018-05-14 [The Times]

Workers' protest: UP puts Varanasi discom privatisation on the back burner 2020-10-07 [Financial Express]

Congress joins state employees in condemning Yogi govt's drive against senior staff 2018-07-10 [Natl Herald]

12 people killed, 21 injured in explosion at factory 2022-06-06 [PTI]

Labour unions highlight six-point charter of demands 2022-05-02 [TNN]

Labour unions demand rights, better facilities 2022-05-02 [TNN]

Migrant workers from East UP: Where are they now? 2022-04-16 [TOI]

Police arrest journalists in retaliation for news report 2022-04-12 [IFJ]

Trade union strike affects services partially 2022-03-29 [The Pioneer]

Uttar Pradesh: Power sector workers to observe strike on March 28, 29 2022-03-23 [ITV]

Uttar Pradesh registers 8.22 crore unorganized workers, highest in India: Official 2022-03-07 [IE]

For Aligarh's Lock Workers, Rising Costs, Low Wages Primary Concerns in Polling Season 2022-02-07 [The Wire]

Give jobs back to ambulance workers, health dept will tell private firm 2021-08-23 [The Times]

Contractual Workers of UP Power Sector Not Paid for 2 Months, Threaten to Boycott Work 2021-08-22 [Newsclick]

Strike by ambulance workers in UP enters 3rd day, 570 staffers terminated 2021-07-29 [The Times]

UP journalist hit by car and assaulted after critical report 2021-07-05 [IFJ]

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Over 1,600 BSA teachers, workers died in UP since April due to COVID-19, says teachers' body 2021-05-18 [CNBC]

Overworked, underpaid: Asha workers, the frontline warriors in rural UP's Covid battle 2021-05-14 [India Today]

Over 80,000 migrant workers returned to Agra in April amid Covid surge 2021-05-03 [India Today]

Women health workers take lead over men in Covid vaccination 2021-01-18 [HT]

Murri Bandh strike enters into 11th day 2020-10-28 [Times of India]

CITU, AIKS, AIAWU and AIDWA demand TIME bound effective enquiry of Hathras case under the supervision of supreme court 2020-10-05 [CITU]

Uttar Pradesh police arrest journalist for social media posts 2020-08-20 [IFJ]

Uttar Pradesh police charge Scroll.in executive editor Supriya Sharma 2020-06-19 [IFJ]

Coronavirus: Yogi govt to give aid to daily wagers 2020-03-18 [IANS]

10 workers hospitalised after gas leak at paper mill 2019-10-07 [PTI]

Collectorate, tehsil staff strike work 2019-08-22 [TNN]

Here's why workers at Modern Coach Factory in Rae Bareli are unhappy 2019-06-28 [DNA]

Lucknow: Two workers choke to death in sewer 2019-06-16 [TNN]

Migrant workers who returned to UP's Banda to vote complain of intimidation by officials, long journey home 2019-05-21 [FirstPost]

Mill officials, union members booked after clash 2019-05-03 [The Times]

Uttar Pradesh Govt Slaps ESMA as 20 Lakh Employees on Strike demanding Old Pension Scheme 2019-02-06 [The Wire]

Attack on sanitation staff prompts workers to go on strike 2018-12-30 [TNN]

Collectorate staff goes on flash strike 2018-12-01 [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]