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Sanitation workers announce boycott after alleged assault on woman worker 2026-02-28 [The Pioneer]

UPGBEU Extends Support to January 27, 2026 One-Day Bank Strike 2026-01-21 [The Kanal]

Gorakhpur Junction: 300 Laundry Workers Protest Over Unpaid Wages Ahead Of Diwali 2025-10-16 [The Daily Jagran]

27 lakhs workers protest against privatization of 42 districts 2025-05-30 [UNI]

Five workers die after inhaling fumes at rice mill 2025-04-25 [PTI]

Photo essay: Inside a plant nursery in Uttar Pradesh 2025-01-14 [IDR]

Several workers feared trapped, 23 injured as under-construction lintel collapses in UP's Kannauj 2025-01-12 [Times of India]

Two dozen workers were trapped after an under-construction roof slab of the railway station collapses 2025-01-12 [News18]

3 workers die of suffocation inside diesel chamber in Barabanki factory 2024-10-01 [PTI]

3 workers in sewer tank electrocuted 2024-06-09 [TNN]

Uttar Pradesh journalist shot, another assaulted 2024-05-16 [IFJ]

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]

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]

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

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

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

Six Bengal workers perish in UP cave-in 2018-08-01 [Telegraph]

Ahmedabad: Garbage piles on as strike by safai workers enters day 2 2018-07-24 [The Week]

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]