Tag: Workers

Centre issues advisory to states over heat wave impact on workers

Chief secretaries asked to issue directions to occupiers, employers, construction companies and industries to undertake necessary steps to mitigate the adverse effects of extreme hot weather.

April 18, 2023

Half a million UK workers strike over pay

Up to half a million British teachers, university staff, train drivers and civil servants reportedly went on strike on Wednesday in the largest coordinated action for years amid lengthy disputes over pay.

February 1, 2023

Get workers from India, Pakistan

Local palm oil producers should wean off a reliance on Indonesian and Bangladeshi foreign workers amidst the “severe” shortage of about 120,000 workers, says Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin, Malaysia’s Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister said over the weekend. 

June 19, 2022

Delhi Police removes Congress workers protesting near ED office

To close the road completely that led to ED office, the police had placed several barricades. Later, the Congress workers sat in front of the barricades and raised slogans in favour of their leader and against the present dispensation at the Centre.

June 13, 2022

Nepal must salute its migrant workers

In 2021, tourist arrivals were 149,833, versus record 1.2 million in 2019; last month, 16,975 tourists were welcomed. To preserve the depleting reserves, the central bank in recent months has introduced several measures to discourage imports. This is a Catch-22.

February 22, 2022

Cong to start training camps for party workers from 12 Nov

The CWC also discussed and decided to observe a ground mass agitation, awareness programme, named 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan', across the country on runaway inflation and price rise between 14-29 November.

October 17, 2021

Unvaccinated French health care workers face suspension

The vaccine mandate and France’s “health pass” system required for restaurants and other venues have prompted two months of weekly protests by far-right activists and some other groups. Another Paris protest is planned Wednesday.

September 15, 2021

Kerala Congress set for overhaul, plans monthly incentive for workers

Sudhakaran was a surprise choice and it came after the high command put its foot down and did not give much importance to the erstwhile party faction managers which included Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala

September 9, 2021

Workers welcome, traders oppose TN Bill on ‘right to sit’

A new Bill introduced by the Tamil Nadu government on the 'right to sit' has given the workers a much-needed relief. But many traders believe that this would lead to lethargy and lack of interest in work among the employees.

September 9, 2021

Mandatory seating facilities for TN’s textile workers

Kerala, after a long agitation by a section of women workers of textile showrooms in Thrissur and other cities demanding "right to sit".

September 6, 2021

PM applauds healthcare workers of Himachal Pradesh

Applauding the works of health care sector of Himachal Modi said that Himachal is proof of how the country's rural society is empowering the world's largest and fastest vaccination campaign.

September 6, 2021

Afghan workers helped Western groups, now left behind

Many organisations working with the US and NATO forces have helped Afghan women to become self-supporting but fear that as they left the Taliban would wreck the progress and reimpose the harsh tenets that snub principles of western democracy

August 20, 2021

TMC claims attack on workers in Tripura, BJP denies

Several Trinamool leaders, including the party's national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and chief spokesman Kunal Ghosh, uploaded a series of tweets on these incidents.

August 8, 2021

2 workers die while cleaning septic tank in Capital

A case under section 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 9 of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act has been registered, the official added.

March 27, 2021

The double whammy of Covid and automation

The Future of Jobs 2020 report published last week by the World Economic Forum (WEF), famous for its annual jamborees of the world’s movers and shakers in the Swiss resort of Davos, points out that automation, combined with the pandemic, is creating a “double disruption” scenario for workers.

October 30, 2020

Ahead of Pujas, workers struggle to make ends meet

A sole earning member of a poor family of five, Mr Roy has not been getting any orders of late. However, the College Para Puja Committee, which is celebrating its 70th Durga Puja this year, has given him an opportunity to bring back smiles in the faces of his family members during the pujas.

October 19, 2020

Workers at Malda Medical College protest layoff

It may be noted here that MMCH authorities asked 42 workers to stop working from 2 October, while they also allegedly did not serve them any prior notice of the termination.

October 11, 2020