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30 women workers faint after ammonia gas leak at fish processing plant 2024-07-20 [India Today]

Work-life balance: Why are Indian women feeling work stress more than men? 2024-07-20 [BS]

Majority of Indian employees experience burnout due to work-related stress 2024-07-20 [PTI]

The Contractualisation of Workforce in India’s Factories Continues 2024-07-20 [The Wire]

Community Health Workers take forward the ILC care conclusions 2024-07-17 [PSI]

SEWA India provides members with heat wave insurance 2024-07-17 [IndustriALL]

Undefined roles, dire realities of domestic work Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/india/undefined-roles-dire-realities-of-domestic-work-3104738 2024-07-14 [The Deccan Herald]

Even the odd jobs: On the Karnataka gig workers bill 2024-07-14 [TheHindu/My Republica]

2 workers killed as heavy boiler falls on them in Thane factory 2024-07-12 [PTI]

Trade Unions will continue to oppose the Pro-Corporate Labour Codes 2024-07-12 [Indian PSU]

Amazon workers endure intense pressure, unsafe working conditions: UNI Global Union 2024-07-12 [UNI]

Amazon workers in India report high pressure, hazards on the job and low pay: UNI Global Union Survey 2024-07-10 [UNI]

Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Federations in India submit workers demands ahead of the budget 2024-07-08 [PSI]

Asbestos: The toxic mineral endangering millions in India 2024-07-03 [Al Jazeera]

How injuries Impact Women In Automobile Supply Chain 2024-07-02 [India Spend]

Aware of rights & options, domestic help quick to dump toxic employers 2024-07-01 [TNN]

Worker groups demand social security fund for unorganised workers in Budget 2024-06-27 [The Business Standard]

Amazon admits to flouting safety norms in Indian warehouse 2024-06-27 [UNI Global Union]

Pre-Budget consultations: Need better social security net for ASHA, anganwadi, mid-day meal workers, say Labour Unions 2024-06-25 [The Indian Express]

'Scrap Labour Codes, Restore Old Pension Scheme’: Central Trade Unions Tell Finance Minister 2024-06-25 [The Wire]

FM, trade unions discuss reconvening of the Indian Labour Conference, the 8th pay commission 2024-06-25 [Mint]

Labour unions ask for tax relaxations and higher pension for salaried class in pre-budget meeting with FM 2024-06-24 [The Print]

Rail workers' unions in Northeast Frontier Railway to push for recruits to critical posts 2024-06-23 [The Telegraph]

Gig Workers Remain Undocumented, Unprotected 2024-06-21 [India Spend]

National Human Rights Commission of India: Reports at Amazon warehouse potentially “raise a serious issue of human rights of the workers” 2024-06-21 [UNI Global Union]

National Human Rights Commission of India to take action against Amazon for “grueling working conditions” 2024-06-20 [Medianama]

Amazon India Warehouse Workers Allege No Relief Provided Even for Menstrual Pain 2024-06-20 [The Quint]

Indian Election Outcome Bolsters Trade Union Campaigns 2024-06-19 [PSI]

Four channels blocked by cable operators 2024-06-17 [IFJ]

India’s 65 million informal or unincorporated sector enterprises employed 110 million workers in 2022-23 2024-06-16 [The Wire]

86% Indian employees struggling at workplaces, higher than world average 2024-06-13 [Mint]

Amazon workers ‘made to pledge not to take water or bathroom breaks’ during 50C heatwave 2024-06-11 [Independent]

Journalists attacked, threatened 2024-06-11 [IFJ]

LGBTQIA+ employees have a new ally at workplace in senior leaders 2024-06-09 [ET Bureau]

Amazon warehouse workers demand urgent measures to combat heatwaves 2024-06-07 [UNI Global Union]

Construction workers bear the brunt as record heat wave grips North India 2024-06-03 [BWI]

Killer heat’s shadow: India’s labourers on the frontlines, face boiling temperatures 2024-05-29 [Down to Earth]

Workers’ demands reiterated on CITU’s 54th Foundation Day 2024-05-31 [The Hindu]

An imperative shift 2024-05-30 [The Post]

CITU questions delay in publishing consumer price index for industrial workers 2024-05-23 [The Hindu]

Trade unions want beedi cess back, seek safety net for workers 2024-05-22 [The Indian Express]

UNI Care affiliates in India celebrate International Nurses Day 2024-05-20 [UNI Global Union]

Trade unions write to ministry, object to exclusion from labour code consultations 2024-05-12 [The Indian Express]

Protesting workers to rejoin duty after Air India Express withdraws terminations 2024-05-10 [First Post]

Section of AIESL's permanent engineers plans to go on strike on May 24 2024-05-07 [PTI]

Gujarat Domestic Workers’ Union call for access to rights, respect and dignity for domestic workers 2024-05-04 [IUF Asia/Pacific]

TTEs lie down on railway platforms in Kerala as protest seeking better restroom facilities 2024-05-03 [The Hindu]

Rallies, public meetings mark May Day in southern districts 2024-05-01 [The Hindu]

Invisible labour, visible resistance: Domestic workers fight for rights 2024-05-01 [The Leaflet]

May Day manifesto 2024 2024-04-30 [CITU]

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