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Unions fight for workers’ rights 2024-04-10 [IndustriALL]

INTUC President Advocates Trade Union Unification for Worker Empowerment 2024-04-08 [The Chronicle]

Maharastra government feels the heat of 54 day long strike 2024-03-30 [AICCTU]

India plans to shift from minimum wage to living wage by 2025 2024-03-25 [ET Bureau]

SC tells states to provide ration cards to 8 crore migrant workers within two months 2024-03-21 [Scroll]

A quarter of all employees struggle to voice mental health issues at workplace 2024-03-21 [ET Bureau ]

Lok Sabha polls: Ahmedabad-based trade union demands postal ballot for migrant workers 2024-03-21 [The Express]

Minimum guaranteed price for the protesting farmers 2024-03-14 [DW]

Supreme Court asks states to inform steps taken to regularise special teachers working on contractual basis 2024-03-14 [Live Law]

Supreme Court asks states to inform steps taken to regularise special teachers working on contractual basis 2024-03-14 [Live Law]

INTUC urges govt for justice to women workers 2024-03-13 [The Express]

Right To Pee Campaign: Women Loco Pilots In Indian Railways Advocate For Urgent Improvement In Toilet Facilities During Duty Hours 2024-03-09 [The Free Press Journal]

Taiwan’s Labour Minister apologises for ‘racist’ jibe against Indian workers 2024-03-09 [PTI]

Journalist arrested two days after release 2024-03-06 [IFJ]

Road transport unions successfully push back against anti-worker legislation 2024-03-02 [ITF]

মহিলা শ্ৰমিকসকলৰ বাবে নিৰাপদ চাকৰি আৰু উন্নত মজুৰি – আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় মহিলা দিৱস ২০২৪ 2024-03-02 [IUF Asia/Pacific]

பெண் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு பாதுகாப்பான வேலைகள் மற்றும் சிறந்த ஊதியம் – சர்வதேச மகளிர் தினம் 2024 2024-03-02 [IUF Asia/Pacific]

Urban Company revolutionised gig work for women. Then it bled them 2024-03-01 [Al Jazeera]

Indefinite Strike Of Central And State Government Employees Demanding Scrapping NPS From 1st May 2024 2024-02-29 [Public Sector Undertaking News]

India announces Health Insurance for Community Health Workers 2024-02-28 [PSI]

Port workers refuse to handle military cargo bound for Israel 2024-02-26 [Aliran]

India: Press release: The platform of the central trade union issued the following statement 21st February 2024 2024-02-26 [WFTU]

Journalists injured, one arrested in eastern states 2024-02-22 [IFJ]

Garment workers take part in mass India strike day 2024-02-20 [Ecotextile]

India: factory fire kills eleven people 2024-02-19 [IndustriALL]

Port workers' union refuses to handle ships carrying military equipment to Israel 2024-02-19 [Today]

Port workers' union refuses to handle ships carrying military equipment to Israel 2024-02-19 [PTI]

Water Transport Workers' Union of India refuses to load, unload Israel-bound weapons on any ships 2024-02-19 [Livemint]

CITU condemns brutal police attacks on farmers’ struggle 2024-02-18 [CITU]

Workers’ strike ahead of upcoming general elections 2024-02-16 [IndustriALL]

Road transport workers strike against new anti-worker legislation 2024-02-17 [ITF]

Strike at Coal India and subsidiaries successful, says trade union leader 2024-02-16 [The Times]

Unions slam Israel’s ‘immoral and disastrous’ need for more Indian workers amid war 2024-02-14 [South China Morning Post]

Journalists attacked for reporting 2024-02-14 [IFJ]

JAC PGI rejects meeting invitation, calls it ‘mischievous and unreasonable’ 2024-02-13 [The Times]

Systemic abuse at Burari Hospital exemplifies larger patterns of exploitation in India’s healthcare sector 2024-02-12 [The Leaflet]

Informal Workers Stage National Protest for Labour Rights 2024-02-08 [NewsClick]

Several unions, organisations have extended support for Feb 16 Bandh, says SKM 2024-02-07 [The Print]

Court rules in favour of Indian contract steel workers 2024-02-06 [IndustriALL]

Government skirts wage to construction workers, pension posers 2024-02-06 [Telegraph]

Team Tunnu Triumphs in Tata Workers Union Elections 2024-02-04 [The Town Post]

Tata Workers Union Elections See Big Upsets 2024-02-04 [The Town Post]

Cine workers’ union demands FIR against Poonam Pandey for ‘stooping so low’ 2024-02-04 [The Times]

Hindu Rashtra is an attack on workers and Dalits 2024-02-04 [The Herald]

CITU slams interim budget: a bunch of lies & desperate attempt to privatisation 2024-02-03 [CITU]

Following Repeated Betrayals, ASHA Workers Demanding Fair Wages Threaten to Go on Strike 2024-02-02 [The Mooknayak]

Exploitation of Domestic Workers in India: Abuse, Unjust Detainment, and Calls for Change 2024-02-02 [The Mooknayak]

Air India pilots' unions flag concerns over duty timings, safety issues 2024-02-01 [PTI]

EPFO’s new survey seeks details on women workers to boost their share in workforce 2024-02-01 [Indian Express]

Trade unions urge people to make nationwide strike on February 16 a success 2024-01-31 [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]