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North Bengal tea garden employees to go on indefinite strike 2008-07-24 [Howrah]Justice K. Narayana Kurup submitts an interim report of two wage boards for working journalists and non-journalists; recommends an interim relief of 30 per cent of basic salary 2008-07-24 [Hindu]
Contract workers of Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company protest demanding action against GESCOM authorities for not paying them minimum wages 2008-07-23 [Hindu]
Midday meal cooks seek higher pay 2008-07-23 [Hindu]
Price rise hits hard granite workers 2008-07-22 [Hindu]
80,000 employees of Panchayat Raj on an indefinite strike from the night of August 5 2008-07-22 [Hindu]
Hotel employees seek benefits, stage dharna 2008-07-22 [Hindu]
School teachers and government employees strike work in protest against the death of a headmaster 2008-07-22 [Hindu]
New age ‘BPO union’ takes workers’ stir to cyberspace 2008-07-21 [Hindu]
' Errant Malaysian Employer makes 8 Indian workers illegal' 2008-07-21 [thaindian.com]
2 workers hurt in quarry blast 2008-07-21 [Hindu]
Action Council of State Employees and Teachers calls for strike today in Kerala 2008-07-21 [Hindu]
Strike at Film City after guard hits cine worker 2008-07-21 [The Times]
Mafia rules Film City, allege workers 2008-07-21 [Thaindian News]
Insurance cover for 2.11 crore NREGA workers 2008-07-21 [Financial Express]
'Govt found 1,179 illegal workers including 50 Indians in the country' 2008-07-20 [ndtv.com]
Bank unions call for strike on August 20 to press its demands against privatisation 2008-07-19 [Hindu Business Line]
Citu-backed auto unions muscle into depot of public vehicles department and wrest back 25 autos seized during a raid 2008-07-19 [TNN]
Gujarat doubles rate of minimum wages for agricultural labourers 2008-07-19 [Express News Service]
‘Protect the interests of women workers’ say women workers engaged in home-based jobs like sticking bindis, gluing of plastic bottle caps and decorating cards and envelopes 2008-07-18 [Hindu]
Private bus workers’ strike today in Kochi demanding fair wage implementation 2008-07-18 [Hindu]
Authorities releases 3,000 detained workers 2008-07-18 [Hindu]
50 Indians found working illegally in Australia 2008-07-18 [Economic Times]
5 per cent DA hike for PSU staff 2008-07-17 [Hindu]
1,500 Panchayat Raj Ministerial employees go on mass casual leave in Kadapa in support of their demands 2008-07-17 [Hindu]
TASMAC staff stage demo for induction into permanent payroll 2008-07-17 [Hindu]
TASMAC employees stage shirtless demonstration in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday for regularisation of services and for fixed salaries on time-scale basis 2008-07-17 [Hindu]
Retired transport employees stage protest as around 30,000 retired transport employees have not been receiving their pension 2008-07-17 [Hindu]
Support for security guards 2008-07-17 [UNI]
Port, dock workers withdraw strike call 2008-07-16 [The Hindu]
Woman army officer accuses seniors of sexual harassment 2008-07-16 [The Times of India]
Talks between the state government and striking Patna University breaks down; strike to continue 2008-07-16 [Patna Daily]
TTCL workers petition government to cancel Celtel contract 2008-07-16 [Telegeography]
ANZ Bank to move New Zealand jobs to India 2008-07-16 [Sify]
50 per cent of DA of port workers to be merged with basic pay 2008-07-15 [Hindu]
Hospital to be opened for beedi workers 2008-07-15 [Hindu]
Non-teaching staff of Pondicherry Engineering College stage protest to demand pending promotions and pay revision 2008-07-15 [Hindu]
Contract health staff protest in Hyderabad demanding regularisation 2008-07-15 [Hindu]
Tamil Nadu Government Officials Union tells State government to regularise the services of noon-meal workers, anganwadi helpers, panchayat assistants and overhead tank operators 2008-07-14 [Hindu]
Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Federation opposes move to entrust the Revenue Department with the responsibility of scrutinising applications of construction workers seeking membership in the Welfare Board 2008-07-14 [Hindu]
BSNL employees oppose CTO closure 2008-07-14 [Hindu]
12,500 contract drivers and conductors to strike demanding regularisation of services and scrapping of the contract system in Andhra 2008-07-14 [Hindu]
Private bus workers on an indefinite strike in Malda 2008-07-14 [Statesman News Service]
Agitated teachers hold up traffic on Ferozepur Road 2008-07-13 [Express India]
Mail services staff to join nation wide August 20 strike 2008-07-13 [Hindu]
Scholarship for beedi workers’ children 2008-07-12 [Hindu]
South Western Railway Workers Union hold a demonstration for early implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission 2008-07-12 [Hindu]
As talks on wage revision of port workers fail workers at Kandla port to join the nationwide strike threatened by the five national port worker federations from July 16 2008-07-12 [Expressindia]
Unorganized sector workers protest against move to involve Revenue Department in labour functions through backdoor 2008-07-12 [LNN]
Diamond workers pledge to donate a day’s wage to family of worker killed on picket line 2008-07-11 [The Express]
Govt clears proposal for Indian ships to have foreign officers 2008-07-11 [The Hindu Business Line]
SMS nurses' strike enters third day 2008-07-11 [TNN]
Police brutality the response to diamond workers strike 2008-07-11 [Tehelka]
Angry diamond workers on rampage in Ahmedabad 2008-07-10 [TNN]
Port and dock workers in 11 ports to go on strike from July 15 midnight after talks between representatives of workers' unions and Transport and Shipping Minister fail 2008-07-10 [Hindu Business Line]
About 7,000 workers belonging to over 20 textile spinning mills on strike in Kerala 2008-07-09 [Hindu]
Plantation workers stage demonstration at Dunsandle Estate in support of their demand for higher wages 2008-07-09 [Hindu]
Citu seeks interim relief for Haldia workers due to unexpected inflation 2008-07-09 [Statesman News Service]
Cashew workers’ union to strike to register their protest against anti-labourer stand of the provident fund office 2008-07-08 [Hindu]
Horticultural workers to stage protest on August 3 for regularisation of horticultural workers who have completed 10 years of service 2008-07-08 [Hindu]
Public Interest Litigation on manhole workers’ safety 2008-07-08 [TNN]
Textile workers follow diamond trail, gear up to ‘wage’ a battle for hike in wages 2008-07-08 [Express News Service]
High Court to the defense of Manhole workers 2008-07-08 [Labour News Network]
Unorganized sector workers protest against move to involve Revenue Department in labour functions 2008-07-08 [Labour News Network]
Airline casual workers union demands making casual employees with more than ten years of experience permanent and timely revision of salary 2008-07-07 [Hindu]
PACS employees serve strike notice for demands which include payment of regular salaries, minimum wages and filling up of vacant posts 2008-07-07 [Hindu]
E-Unions To Communicate Directly With Stakeholders 2008-07-07 [The Times]
About two lakh diamond workers go on strike seeking wage revision 2008-07-06 [Hindu]
High Court to decide on wage ceiling for bonus in a case file by UCO Bank Employees Association 2008-07-06 [Hindu]
Lift irrigation employees on the warpath in Orissa 2008-07-06 [Hindu]
Shots fired at protesting diamond workers 2008-07-06 [IBN]
BPO employees fight for rights on the net 2008-07-06 [TNN]
Retrenchment threat looms large over diamond workers 2008-07-06 [Sify]
Gujarat Diamond worker protesting wages killed by private guards 2008-07-06 [Press Trust of India]
Hawkers union stalls Spencer’s store inauguration 2008-07-05 [Hindu Business Line]
Trade unions representing about 1,000 port workers and 750 dock workers at New Mangalore Port serve strike notice on Port Management 2008-07-05 [Hindu]
High Court directs Collector, police to release bonded labourer 2008-07-05 [Hindu Business Line]
Diamond workers go striking, demand increase in wages 2008-07-05 [The Economic Times]
Strike by diamond workers over 20 percent wage hike entered the fifth day 2008-07-05 [Express News Service]
Horticultural farm workers threaten stir if the government does not take steps to fully implement, within 15 days, a Government Order on regularisation of 1,083 workers employed in government horticultural farms for more than 10 years 2008-07-04 [Hindu]
Tea Factories Workers Association to resort to a series of agitations if its demands of about 1500 workers not met 2008-07-04 [Hindu]
All work and less pay make STP employees cry foul 2008-07-04 [Expressindia]
Port workers in Mangalore to join nationwide strike 2008-07-03 [Hindu Business Line]
Midday meal scheme workers firm on demands including minimum wages and regularisation of services 2008-07-03 [Hindu]
Central government and Public Sector Based Unorganised Workers’ Federation seek regularisation 2008-07-03 [Hindu]
Hibernian chief defends firm's decision to outsource 560 jobs to India 2008-07-03 [Irish Times]
Bajaj Auto union says no to VRS 2008-07-03 [Expressindia]
New Mangalore Port workers to join nationwide strike 2008-07-03 [Steel Guru]
Strike by 5 Million Drivers 2008-07-03 [Prensa Latina]
Child labour? It’s absurd- Export town Tirupur shrugs off Primark charge 2008-07-02 [Calcutta Telegraph]
The Primark child labour saga continues 2008-07-02 [CSR Asia]
Hundreds of workers engaged in cutting and polishing of diamonds in Surat take to streets and pelt stones on diamond factories as their wages were not raised since last twelve years 2008-07-02 [ET]
Two factory workers killed in blast in Noida 2008-07-02 [Hindu]
Hospital staff denied minimum wages 2008-07-02 [Hindu]
Port staff plan strike in Tuticorin under the banner of Hind Mazdoor Union, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, All India Trade Union Congress and Indian National Trade Union Congress 2008-07-02 [Hindu]
Team submits report on deaths of construction workers to Karnataka State Human Rights Commission seeking better working conditions at building sites and punishing those responsible for accident 2008-07-01 [Hindu]
Anganwadi workers lay siege to collectorate protesting against the government’s indifferent attitude in solving their demands 2008-07-01 [Hindu]
Housing corporation staff stage protest in Kurnool demanding regularisation of their services 2008-07-01 [Hindu]
Indian women's union can inspire others, says author 2008-07-01 [AKI]
Intuc workers demonstrate demanding statutory benefits for the conservancy staff working with the hospital 2008-07-01 [The Statesman]