Striking Workers at Foxconn India in Sriperumbudur near Chennai take on the corporate giant, demanding better wages. Workers at Foxconn-India in Sriperumbudur in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, have been on strike from September 24 demanding better wages. They also want the reinstatement of 24 suspended colleagues and the withdrawal of an eight-day wage cut slapped on some Workers. That they have held out for so long is remarkable, not least...

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday said that the "revolutionary" target of land to the tillers should be pursued honestly to sustain the interests of farm labourers and increase the agricultural productivity of India. "Agricultural labourer is the real farmer. With their hard work, we are able to grow crops but they do not have lands. 'Land to the tillers' revolutionary target should not fade away. This should be achieved...

Rajasthan wiling to pay enhanced wages to Workers ‘Demand justified as CPI has risen to 924 points' Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has accepted in principle the demand for enhancement of the wages of Workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as per the recently revised minimum wage rates in the State. However, the catch is that the Centre holds the key to any hike in the job scheme...

The Union Rural Development Ministry appears to have painted itself into a corner on the issue of paying minimum wages to Workers employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS). The ministry has so far insisted that it is not obliged to pay minimum wages to MNREGS Workers. This despite an Andhra Pradesh High Court order requiring the government to pay them statutory minimum wages. In a further...

Hundreds of Indian Workers employed to manually clean non-flush toilets have protested in Delhi against their working conditions. They say that the authorities have failed to act despite declaring such work illegal, and should issue an apology for decades of discrimination. Government figures suggest that about 300,000 low-caste Dalits are still employed in such work. They are estimated on average to earn less than $4 (£2.50) a month. The demonstrators began their protests a...