- Scroll.in The right to work has been suspended in the state as a result of a political battle over upcoming elections. People working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in West Bengal have not been paid their wages for more than a year now with the Union government stopping the payment of funds. Bengal is the only state impacted by this stoppage, Scroll.in reports. MGNREGA is a national...
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Big industries don’t observe uniform labour standards in India: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh at ILO meet -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu BMS chief Hiranmay Pandya said workers face low wages, lack of job security and social security benefits, and had to suffer poor working conditions this year On the second day of the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organisation (APRM of ILO), representatives of workers and employers from India on Wednesday highlighted the employment situation in the country. While employers hailed the Union government’s steps to “help” workers...
More »Meetings on labour codes fail to evolve consensus -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu Majority of the trade unions urge Bhupender Yadav to withdraw the four codes; outfits including the BMS demand that the Centre immediately convene the Indian Labour Conference In an apparent indication that the implementation of the four labour codes will be delayed further, majority of the Central Trade Unions, during their recent discussions with Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav, have urged the Centre to withdraw the four codes. Though Rashtriya...
More »Delhi's Auto, Taxi Drivers Start 2-Day Strike Today Over Fuel Price Hike
-ANI/ NDTV.com Auto, Taxi Drivers Strike In Delhi: Several unions of auto and cab drivers are demanding that the fare rates be hiked and fuel prices be reduced. New Delhi: To protest against the soaring fuel prices, members of auto, taxi and cab drivers' associations in Delhi have decided to go on a strike from Monday for two days. Several unions of auto and cab drivers are demanding that the fare rates be...
More »RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh plans protest against disinvestment of PSUs
-The Hindu Decision taken “in the context of the onslaught of the government”, it says The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) affiliated to the RSS has announced a phase-wide agitation from March 15 to November 11 against the proposed disinvestment programme of the public sector units (PSUs) by the Union government. The decision was taken at a two-day meeting of the BMS’ PSUs Coordination Committee in Hyderabad that ended on Friday. The meeting came...
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