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Tamil Nadu Sanitary workers stage protest in Pudukottai 2024-05-02 [The Hindu]

West Bengal Leftist trade unions on Wednesday demanded strict enforcement of the eight-hour workday at a gathering to mark the International Workers' Day 2024-05-01 [Republic]

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

Maharashtra Extreme heat leaves factory workers perspiring 2024-05-01 [TNN]

Kerala On Workers Day, TTEs to lie down on platforms 2024-05-01 [Indian Express]

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

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

Fifth of fast food restaurants don’t pay minimum wages, quarter don't offer additional leaves 2024-04-30 [DH]

Pakistan Unions in India and Pakistan express concerns over health and care workers' protection in Pandemic Treaty 2024-04-29 [PSI]

May Day Call-Workers manifesto 2024-04-28 [AICCTU]

Telangana Gig workers demand law to improve working conditions 2024-04-26 [The Siasat Daily]

Global Over 70% workers globally exposed to excessive heat, India’s manual labour at risk: ILO 2024-04-23 [The Express]

Odisha Labourers bear heat brunt despite 4-hour work break 2024-04-21 [New Indian Express]

Odisha Labourers bear heat brunt despite 4-hour work break 2024-04-21 [New Indian Express]

Karnataka No respite for pourakarmikas, Anganwadi workers from heatwave 2024-04-21 [New Indian Express]

Maharashtra MMRDA directs contractors to limit outdoor activities for workers between 11 am and 4 pm amid hot spell 2024-04-21 [Indian Express]

Chandigarh: Centre okays ‘equal work, equal pay’ for PGI contractual workers 2024-04-21 [HT]

West Bengal Political Campaigns Have Overshadowed Workers' Plight in the Tea Gardens 2024-04-19 [The Wire]

Maharashtra Two workers injured in fire at construction site in Thane 2024-04-18 [PTI]

Purvanchal’s migrant workers are desperate & poor. But they are determining India’s politics 2024-04-18 [The Print]

Haryana Sanitation workers end five days strike in Mohali 2024-04-16 [HT]

India Amid Conflict With Iran, Israeli Envoy Assures Safety Of Indian workers 2024-04-14 [NDTV]

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

Telangana Amid soaring temperatures, Telangana cab union announces 'No AC Campaign' 2024-04-09 [Money Control]

Tamil Nadu Domestic Workers Welfare Trust conducts financial literacy programme 2024-04-08 [DT Next]

Nagaland NPPC Ltd mill workers demand pending dues 2024-04-08 [The Post]

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

Telangana Power bill collectors demand minimum wages 2024-04-07 [The Express]

VIDEO India AIRF/SCRMU Conducts Free Mega Health Camp For more info ActNOW! 2024-04-03 [AIRF, INDIA]

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

Karnataka For Karnataka's domestic workers, personal is political 2024-03-27 [The Federal News]

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

Karnataka IT industry opposes Karnataka IT Union's call to end relief in labour rules 2024-03-25 [The Standard]

Telangana Why Singareni coal mine labour union snapped ties with KCR's BRS 2024-03-25 [The Federal News]

Assam Annual meet of All Assam Media Workers Union held in Guwahati 2024-03-24 [The Sentinel]

India Extreme heat at work can double stillbirth risk, India study finds 2024-03-22 [BBC]

Delhi Two workers of jeans factory die in building collapse 2024-03-21 [PTI]

Haryana Rewari factory blast: Six workers succumb to injuries; CM meets injured, announces financial relief 2024-03-21 [PTI]

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 ]

Karnataka Vote consciously and do not get swayed by polarising messages, says domestic workers union 2024-03-21 [The Herald]

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

India Accredited employer work visa flaws spread to health sector 2024-03-19 [Radio New Zealand]

Rajasthan Strike by sanitation workers continues 2024-03-17 [TNN]

Telangana Power-loom workers union stages day-long hunger strike in Sircilla 2024-03-16 [The Hindu]

Maharashtra Over 300 Nashik bus conductors strike 2024-03-15 [TNN]

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

India Telangana plantation workers send SOS 2024-03-14 [TNN]

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

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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]